Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] Oly E 1 and Leica 14 - 50 zoom
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Sat Apr 14 18:41:04 2007
References: <200704141907.l3EJ5xA4020666@server1.waverley.reid.org> <F022C5F1-13FD-4FAB-AC35-FD918EDA7AD1@netvigator.com>

Thanks Howard for the update

On 4/14/07, Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com> wrote:
> Hi Mehrdad,
>  From my day's shooting I didn't find any focusing incompatibility
> between the E 1 and the Leica zoom. I think the problem for my friend
> is that the focus point button is near where be puts his right thumb
> when holding the camera. In the heat of the moment I think he may
> shift the focus point and not noticing the shift he keeps aiming with
> the middle point while actually focusing with the right or left
> point. This tendency has caused him to think there might be a
> compatibility problem about focusing but I couldn't find it. Based on
> my day's shooting I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the lens - it
> produces first rate pictures.
> Cheers
> Howard (in Hong Kong)
> On 15 Apr 2007, at 3:07 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
>
> > Message: 15
> > Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:52:19 -0700
> > From: mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Oly E 1 and Leica 14 - 50 zoom
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> >
> > Howard, what focusing problem did you see i am planning to get this
> > lens
> >
> > On 4/14/07, Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com> wrote:
> >> Hello luggers,
> >> A fellow photo enthusiast asked me to test his Olympus E 1 with his
> >> Leica 14 ? 50 zoom ? there seemed to be some focusing problems ? so I
> >> took this combination on my morning walk, giving the M8 a rest.
>
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  regards, mehrdad


In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer) ([Leica] Oly E 1 and Leica 14 - 50 zoom)