Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think its better than the 11-22 at all. Everytime I used that thing I got nothing but soft, soft photos that simply didn't cut it. It was in no way sharp - not even close. When I sold it I remember thinking that this was what the old sigma/tokina/etc lenses used to look like in the 80s - suck, suck, suck. Perhaps mine was defective, or perhaps I am actually out of my bleeping mind - but it was B A D. Oh, I used it on an E300 with updated firmware - hunt, hunt, hunt. Suck. Dave On 10/29/05, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > I have found that it definitely hunted on the E-1, but was much better on > the E-300 and E-500 - the reality being that Olympus has improved the > autofocus in the body. As to it's not being sharp - yr out of yr bleeping > mind; that lens is markedly better than the zooms. ;-) > > > On 10/29/05 2:13 PM, "David C. Mason" <dcm@pobox.com> wrote: > > > Weren't the subway shots done with the 50mm lens? I had that lens for > > a while and sold it because it "hunted" far too much in AF and > > usually lost the hunt. Plus, it wasn't the sharpest of the lot either > > - not a good lens, especially considering how good that 11-22mm lens > > is - that thing has to be one of the sharpest I have ever owned... > > including my Leica lenses. > > > > opinions are mine > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > On 10/29/05, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I present these purely as an equipment test, NOT as examples of > >> photography > >> worth comment.:-) > >> But after all the back and forth about where the E-500 was or wasn't > >> focusing... > >> I think I focused on the right-hand eye - my right hand - in both of > >> these.. > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/Qtip1 > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/Qtip2 > >> Both were shot with the E-500, 11-22 mm zoom at 11 (35 mm equiv is 22 > >> mm) - > >> f 2.8, 400 iso. This result suggests to me that any focusing errors in > >> those > >> subway shots were mine, and had to do with train motion, my motion, and > >> shooting in haste to avoid being punched - :-) - and had nothing to do > >> with > >> the camera. > >> > >> And, yes, her name is Qtip - she's all white with a smudge on the top > >> of her > >> head. I kept trying to force every one to call her Mona, because she was > >> doing that constantly until she was, uh, altered. But needless to say, I > >> lost out on that one. :-) > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >