I love the IS-3 (sorry I couldn't get you one Ken). The ONLY feature I would
have liked to see would be the ability to zoom WHILE your IN the power focus
mode.
John
Camtech
Ken Norton wrote:
> >Isn't there a manual focus override on the camera? Without it, it would be
> >a P&S with shutter control, only.
>
> Yes, it's the "Power Focus" that we've been talking about. The IS series
> of cameras have the power focus use the zoom buttons. What you do is zoom
> to the focal length of choice, press the power focus button and then focus
> using the same zoom controls. Really kind of dumb, and it does foul you up
> about half the time. Fortunately the auto focus on the IS-3 is tons better
> than in the IS-1.
>
> I verified that there is no power focus indication in the viewfinder. It is
> only on the back LCD.
>
> I passed on to Olympus a suggestion that they make the LCD backlit. I
> pointed out that the night-mode is great, but you still can't use the
> camera without a flashlight to see if you have it in night-mode. I got one
> of these "Oh, we never thought of that" reactions.
>
> Ken Norton
>
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