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Re: [OM] Straight from the DIY departement...

Subject: Re: [OM] Straight from the DIY departement...
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:15:47 +1100
Yeah, well you just need another mode "hyperfocal mode", the camera can
refocus the lens to the correct distance any time you change aperture or
focal length.  You should be able to customise your CoC too, depending on
how critical you are.

...Wayne

Wayne Harridge
http://lrh.structuregraphs.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Norton [mailto:ken@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, 6 March 2010 2:15 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Straight from the DIY departement...
> 
> >
> > I keep a small card in my wallet with a few selected focal lengths
> > computed at f/11 for use with my 5D.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm so thankful for the advancements in cameras and lenses. Removing
> the DoF
> scales from the lenses was the greatest thing the manufactures did. Why
> have
> the scales on the lenses when we can have the computations written out
> on a
> card in our wallet?
> 
> I would put this advancement just behind the most incredible
> improvement--the removal of the aperture control ring.  Why have a
> separate
> control which the left hand can control when we can have mode buttons
> and
> dials instead? Now our trigger finger can adjust aperture between
> shots.  Or
> is it the thumb wheel? Or is the thumb wheel and a press of a mode
> button?
> Do you turn it to the right or the left?  Regardless, it's still better
> than
> those pesky dedicated aperture control rings.
> 
> Excuse me while I go replace a lens battery...
> 
> AG
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