I have 2-13 screens in my OM-4T bodies and they are MUCH easier for me to
focus. I can focus the 1-series screens fine in bright light, but I do a lot
of very low light handheld work with 3200 speed film and I can never nail
the focus with the 1-series screens, I always end up backfocusing or
frontfocusing when shooting fast lenses near wide open. That is almost never
a problem with the 2-13.
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On 4/30/09 7:22 PM, "usher99@xxxxxxx" <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Always wondered if the 1-13 screen in an OM4 provded more out-of-focus
> clues than a 2-series screen. Would be interesting to see with a say
> F1.2 lens. It would not be a quick or easy experiment. Rachel at
> Katzeye has always said that any treatment to increase brightness even
> their well regarded Optibirght will reduce focus contrast--sometimes
> an OK compromise with the proper screen to start with. There is much
> difference between OM screens and DSLR's which are optimized for
> different functions but the question remains. Perhaps the 1-13 to 2-13
> comparison is attempting to discern an A+ from an A++, but I've never
> seen any comments on that or few negative comments on the 2-series
> screen---cept the judging of bokeh is more difficult. (AG-comments in
> archives and seems true enough to me)
>
> Mike
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> To expound on these two points: I could very easily manually focus any
> lens
> in the OM bodies in difficult and poor lighting conditions. Autofocus
> was
> about the same speed, but not nearly as accurate. Manually focusing a
> lens
> in an AF camera is almost a lost cause in comparison to the OM body with
> 2-13 screen.
>
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