Is there anyone in Seattle with an adaptor who wants to try the 410?
I left mine at home but I have my 24/2 with me and I happen to know
there's a 21/2 just down the street. I'd really like to try them on
the 410...
Tom
On 19/05/07, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The adapters have a pin that keeps the aperture preview lever depressed
> at all times. Therefore, the aperture set on the aperture setting ring
> is at all times the actual aperture. If you have the setting ring set
> to f/8 the actual aperture is f/8.
>
> When using a lens on the adapter you may want to view and focus with the
> lens wide open but you need to remember that you need to manually close
> down the lens for exposure metering and keep it there for the actual
> exposure. Depending on lens and aperture the metering may not be quite
> correct. You may want to calibrate your lens ahead of time by comparing
> the metering results on an OM body vs the digital body for a suitable
> test target or simply check the histogram and adjust if necessary.
>
> Moose reported some test results with OM lenses on one of his Canyon
> bodies. I don't recall the precise results but I think the metering was
> generally fairly accurate at mid apertures and grew worse at the
> extremes. When I'm using OM lenses with an adapter I find the whole
> metering procedure to be cumbersome enough that it's often really only
> applicable to slow and deliberate photography and usually on a tripod.
> In that case it's very little additional effort to take a test exposure
> or two and check the histogram to make sure everything is spot on. The
> exception is a constant lighting situation like landscapes at sunny 16
> or continuous gray skies where you can set the exposure once and
> continue to shoot for an hour or so without worrying about the light
> changing.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Richard wrote:
> > Wow. so I know this must have been talked about a zillion, but
> > indulge me, how well do the non-Digital Zuiko work with the adaptor?
> > Do I have to push the aperture preview level to set the exposure and
> > when I take shot?
> >
> > Hee hee, has their many shots of the 90/2 Macro with the E system
> > yet? Oh the bokeh!
> >
> >
> > At 08:02 PM 5/18/2007, you wrote:
>
> ==============================================
> List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
> List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
> ==============================================
>
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|