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[OM] Re: Katz Eye E-1 screen: further impressions

Subject: [OM] Re: Katz Eye E-1 screen: further impressions
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:32:32 -0400

Walt Wayman wrote:

> I understand completely that this is how it's supposed to work, and if it 
> were otherwise, I would not be a happy camper and would be in full bitch and 
> moan mode, but there is a certain, albeit perhaps irrational, sense of 
> comfort and satisfaction in seeing that the Katz Eye split-prism screen and 
> the E-1 autofocus are in complete harmony.  When using an autofocus lens, 
> it's kinda like wearing both belt and suspenders, and when shooting with one 
> of the heritage Zuikos, it turns focusing from a guessing game into a 
> reasonably sure thing.
> 
> Since I took to photography before auto much of anything, I consider 
> stop-down metering and manual focusing only minor inconveniences, so much so 
> that now that I can focus the old lenses accurately, and since the ZD 14-54 
> and LWMNBN take care of approximately 80 percent of my ordinary, everyday 
> lens needs, it's probably going to be a while before I buy another digital 
> lens.
> 
> And speaking of lenses, now that I have the ability to focus them properly, I 
> have tried and found these oldies to perform just fine and dandy on the E-1.  
> While AG's list was based on actual, objective measurements and testing, my 
> list, which is made up mostly of lenses he didn't have or, at least, didn't 
> test, is based on seat-of-the-pants shooting and a reasonably critical 
> judgment of what's good enough for Walt work, which is usually about a 
> smidgen and a half better than government work.
> 
> Zuikos:
> 35-80/2.8
> 50/2 macro
> 90/2 macro
> 100/2
> 135/2.8
> 135/4.5 macro
> 180/2.8
> 300/4.5
> 500/8
> 
> Tamrons:
> 28-105/2.8
> 80-200/2.8
> 90/2.8 1:1 macro
> 300/2.8
> 
> The 1.4X-A and 2X-A work fine on the 180/2.8 Zuiko and the 300/2.8 Tamron.  I 
> haven't tried either of them with any other lenses yet.
> 
> So, if ya got 'em, use 'em.
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I must have seriously underspent.  Despite owning about 20 Zuiko and 
other OM mount lenses I don't have a single thing from the list above.

Chuck Norcutt


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