[Leica] D Vario on E3 - was HK Winter shot

[nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)]

This is also what the manual says--at the end of chapter 4 (in the  
Dutch version): "If you use a lens with built-in IS, then turn off  
the IS on either the camera or the lens".

Nathan

On 3-feb-2008, at 1:47, admin wrote:

> Hello Philippe,
> I asked my camera seller (who surprisingly, unlike most Hong Kong  
> dealers, is quite knowledgeable) about using the Vario OIS stab on  
> the E3 (which, as you know, also has built in stabilization) and he  
> suggested that I should turn off one or the other so I have been  
> using the in camera stabilization with the lens stab turned off.  
> This makes sense to me. I reason that if both systems are on they  
> may over compensate themselves or cancel themselves out. The shot  
> was ORF processed in the Oly software since I couldn't get to CS2  
> to read the ORF files.  I am finding that performance up to iSO 800  
> is exemplary and with noise suppression very good to ISO 1600. The  
> 100% viewfinder is a vast improvement over the dim tunnel vision of  
> the 330E and the autofocus is now getting into Nikon D200 / Canon  
> 40D territory in terms of speed and accuracy. Live View is a  
> compromise over the Live View of the 330E and retrograde in my  
> opinion. It doesn't have the 10X magnification for manual focus  
> lenses which so improved my focus accuracy using R lenses on the  
> 330E. This is a disappointment. Still, in sum the E3 is several  
> steps forward over the 330E/ L1 and I suggest that if you try one  
> you will likely end up buying it. However, I am still keeping my  
> 330E for use with R lenses.
> Cheers
> Howard (on the periphery of the worst winter in China in 50 years)
> On 3 Feb 2008, at 4:12 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
>

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