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Subject: [OM] Re: A problem with digital
From: Gene Wilburn <cdnphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:14:24 -0500
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:34:07 -0600, Joel Wilcox
<jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good to hear about your experiences.  I had gotten the impression from
> others who had used Zuikos on Can$ns via adapter that it's really a
> non-starter, which means you're really buying into the lenses in a major
> way.  My impression is that the Zuikos work somewhat better on the Olympus
> E series cameras.

I wouldn't say it's a non-starter. I came up with some excellent
photos using the adapter and if the VF had been an active partner in
this I wouldn't have needed those EOS lenses. But eventually you get
lazy and don't want to work so hard for each shot and I ended up with
a number of excellent, expensive and heavy EOS lenses.

> This is where a digital prime lens would be great -- something with a DOF
> scale so that you can actually do some hyperfocal distance shooting.

On the Canon side, most of the primes have a DOF scale. They're good
lenses -- I'm not knocking them -- but EOS systems are bulky and can
get quite heavy too. Not what I was used to.

> With the C-8080 it is possible in spot meter and spot focus modes to
> compose the shot and move the spots sort of where you want them (I say
> "sort of" because the range is pretty limited).  This gives you an
> opportunity in a somewhat 3-dimensional subject like a flower to choose the
> precise focus point you want.  Roughly a third into the depth of the flower
> will get you about all the lens can give.  It's not a perfect system, but
> honestly it's not much less than I manage to do most of the time with an OM
> body and macro lens with results that usually suit me fine.

That sounds pretty decent. I've not owned an Oly digital but the specs
on the 8080 looked very attractive.

> Have you done any macro stuff with the FZ20?  While I prefer the C-8080 for
> this, the FZ20 focuses amazingly close in normal modes.  The C-8080 feels
> more like a 50/3.5 and the FZ20 more like a 90/2 in terms of working 
> distances.

I've done a little macro and it certainly does focus close. I have an
adapter on mine that allows me to use 55/52mm filters and today picked
up a 52-49mm stepdown ring so I can pop some of my old diopter lenses
on the FZ20. I'm curious to see how the tele range will focus with a
+3 sitting in front of it. When it warms up a little around here (I'm
in Canada) I'll pop on the 49-49 reversing ring and see what happens
when I put a reversed 50mm lens on it. I got some interesting images
that way using an older Canon G2.

Gene

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