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[OM] Re: The 5D and manual focus OM lenses

Subject: [OM] Re: The 5D and manual focus OM lenses
From: Wayne S <om4t@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:45:35 -0400
At 06:34 AM 6/19/2006, Chuck wrote:
>...<snip>
>One thought I haven't addressed before is that I have no knowledge of 
>whether or not I can focus my OM-2s with 2-13 screen any more accurately 
>than I'm doing with the 5D.  Blowing up a 5D image in order to do 1:1 
>pixel peeping may be a such a stringent focusing test that maybe I can't 
>do it with the OM either.

The ability to zoom in on a monitor certainly raises the bar and our
expectations. I remember my first film scans, and how I really started
to notice things. It was a shot with the 21/2 and the chromatic aberration
around the edges of the frame.

What once was an OK photo is now considered a reject. I'm still not
convinced that sometimes the auto-focus is right,  I feel the E-1 lenses
are easier to focus than the C*noBorg lenses. I particularly liked the
50-200 manual focus, and the little clicking noises from the stepper motor.

I still focus by going back and forth, then estimating the center point.
I have problems with modern zoom lenses and focusing.

With my eyes though, the light level also makes a difference. I think
my eyes focus differently with wide open pupils, and it is not just
DOF difference with narrow pupil.

WayneS 


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