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Re: [OM] Re: focusing problems

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: focusing problems
From: "Bruce Appelbaum" <brucea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:29:00 -0400
Even my OM-4T with the diopter adjustment didn't help me.  Went with a C
"wonderbrick" with autofocus that gives me substantial control when I want
it.  Heresy!


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Regards

Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York


----- Original Message -----
From: "Timpe, Jim" <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 4:21 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] Re: focusing problems


> -----Original Message-----
>
>  >>>Went out shooting recently with my OM1 and my new-to-me made-in-Japan
50
> >>>1.8 and virtually everything I shot at less than 5.6  was out of focus.
> >>>This middle-aged stuff is for the birds. It's not the new lens, I've
been
> >>>having trouble for a while, but was in denial. I'm hoping things get
> better>
> >>>when my OM-2 returns from its CLA at Camtech. It has a coarse plain
matt
> >>>screen which has always seemed easier to focus, imho. Otherwise, not
> sure0
> >>>what to do. An ATF wonderbrick from brand N or brand C, both of which
> >>>offend my aesthetic sensibilities? A Contax G2, which kind of seems
like
> a
> >>>rich man's P&S, an Oly iS-3? I've always wanted an M Leica, but I
suspect
> >>>it's not easy to focus with middle-aged eyes either.
>
>  >>>Larry Fisher
>
> I suggest (and am not kidding for once) a 3 or 4T.  The ability to crank
in
> diopter correction for just what you describe is a life saver
> (prolonger????).  Short of that, perhaps the diopter correction add ons
> should solve the problem too.  You don't really want to go auto
> everything?????
>
> IMHO,
> Jim
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