I'm afraid not. There is no discussion at all of manual exposure and
the discussion of manual focus is muddily mixed with autofocus. I did
learn, however, that of the E-3, the E-410, E-420 & E-510 the E-420 is
the only one that can do contrast detection autofocus. (ala P&S cameras)
Chuck Norcutt
deebel wrote:
> Don't have one but does this help?
>
> http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/dslr_12806.htm
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 June 2010 13:36
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [OM] Live view operation, was: E-thingy body recommendation
>
> Can someone with an E-420 or later body with live view clarify its
> operation when using manual exposure and manual focus? I see no reason
> for the mirror to drop for the exposure. But does it? The E-420 manual
> makes no mention at all of using manual exposure in live view mode.
> Even the E-3 and E-30 manuals seem to be no more informative.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I know the E-330 is the first body to offer live view but is the E-420
>> the first body to offer full time live view? By that I mean that the
>> camera can be used for composition, focusing and shooting with the
>> mirror up all the time as in a P&S camera. No need to flip the mirror
>> up and down for focusing vs. shooting as in the E-330?
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