Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good luck with it. Do remember to pause briefly--about half a breath--after the half press to let the AF do it's thing. It'd be nice to have a focus confirm light about where the X-1 has one, wouldn't it? ...or maybe the E-PL1 does? Regards, Dick On Jan 05, 2012, at 10:41 PM, Phil Swango wrote: > Richard Taylor wrote: >> In my experience with the Panasonic GF-1 and now the GX-1, they are very > rangefinder-like if you use them that way. Snap an optical finder into the > hot shoe, set the camera to >center-point focus only, put the point you > want to focus on in the middle of the finder, half-press the shutter, > reframe, push the shutter the rest of the way down. > > I'm coming a little late to this thread but the timing is perfect as I just > got my new (refurb) Pen E-PL1 today and had a chance to try it out with the > Leitz 50mm bright-frame optical finder (SBOOI). It worked really well for > me using the kit lens set at 50mm equivalent and AF, as Dick described. > Looking forward to giving it a better workout tomorrow but so far so good. > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information