CH, is it _really_ as bad as that, 2 ft instead of 3 ft, or are these
figures just serving as an example of the phenomenon? If the figures
are from real life, then I would return that E-520 immediately and
not even bother having it repaired or consider to buy another.
I own a E-400 and the focusing error is only 1 mm when the actual
object distance is 300mm. Or to put it (roughly) in those terrible
imperial measures, the error equals 1/32 inch at a 1 foot distance.
Quite acceptable, I would say ;-)
How much is the real error with your E-520?
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht NL.
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:27:23 +0800, "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>I mean when you focus an object three feet away, the lens actually focused
>to two feet. The problem is very consistant and repeatable. It seems that
>the lower the color temp. (ambient light) the more it shifted.
>Unfortunately, even under sunlight it still shift a little with both the kit
>lens and my old version 40-150. The E-3 I once owned also had the same
>problem with the 11-22 and 50-200 but it was ok with 14-45 and 40-150.
>
>C.H.Ling
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> C.H.Ling wrote
>>>
>>> Don't know about E-420 but the E-520 I just purchased is solid built,
>>> image quality is on par with E-3 and focus is very fast. Unfortunately it
>>> has front focus problem, quite consistent and serious especially at the
>>> wide end. I backed to the shop and tried for another three, all have the
>>> same problem. I'm planning to send the camera to Olympus for repair after
>>> new year.
>>
>> CH, can you explain please what you mean by "front focus problem"? I
>> don't really understand what you are saying (since all focus has to be in
>> the
>> front).
>>
>> Thanks, Brian Swale
>>
>> Brian Swale. Daytime phone 03 326 7447
>> http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/
>> Mobile 021 143 4249
>> 3/7 Menzies Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081
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