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Subject: [Leica] Focusing test of Oly E-500 - B. D. PAW
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sat Oct 29 13:03:22 2005

I have found that it definitely hunted on the E-1, but was much better on
the E-300 and E-500 - the reality being that Olympus has improved the
autofocus in the body. As to it's not being sharp - yr out of yr bleeping
mind; that lens is markedly better than the zooms. ;-)


On 10/29/05 2:13 PM, "David C. Mason" <dcm@pobox.com> wrote:

> Weren't the subway shots done with the 50mm lens? I had that lens for
> a while and sold it because  it "hunted" far too much in AF and
> usually lost the hunt. Plus, it wasn't the sharpest of the lot either
> - not a good lens, especially considering how good that 11-22mm lens
> is - that thing has to be one of the sharpest I have ever owned...
> including my Leica lenses.
> 
> opinions are mine
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/29/05, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
>> I present these purely as an equipment test, NOT as examples of 
>> photography
>> worth comment.:-)
>> But after all the back and forth about where the E-500 was or wasn't
>> focusing...
>> I think I focused on the right-hand eye - my right hand - in both of 
>> these..
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/Qtip1
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/Qtip2
>> Both were shot with the E-500, 11-22 mm zoom at 11 (35 mm equiv is 22 mm) 
>> -
>> f 2.8, 400 iso. This result suggests to me that any focusing errors in 
>> those
>> subway shots were mine, and had to do with train motion, my motion, and
>> shooting in haste to avoid being punched - :-) - and had nothing to do 
>> with
>> the camera.
>> 
>> And, yes, her name is Qtip - she's all white with a smudge on the top of 
>> her
>> head. I kept trying to force every one to call her Mona, because she was
>> doing that constantly until she was, uh, altered. But needless to say, I
>> lost out on that one. :-)
>> 
>> 
>> 
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