Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Richard. I originally bought the Olympus for long lens (because they are relatively small and light) and macro use, I have the M8 for everything else. The most disappointing is the 150mm f2 which the camera focuses fine at portrait distances but inconsistently nearer infinity. If I use the 2x converter to get a 35mm 600mm f4 equivalent field of view from a relatively small light package the manual focus is fine but autofocus inconsistent, far less than half the shots in focus using continuous AF. I have all the latest firmware updates. The 50mm macro is fine most of the time and the slower lenses too. I have just got the 50-200 zoom which seems better in terms of consistency but I am still better using manual focus than the camera is on autofocus, this should not be the case with the small viewfinder of the E3. My old Canon EOS 5D with even older 100 to 400 zoom is much more consistent but also much heavier than the Oly combination. I don't own the 12-60 (I have the Panasonic lens from my DMC-L1) and will not own the 35-100 as I don't use this focal length range. I am toying with the idea of returning the E3 and 150 for checking. If not my attempt to get a small relatively light outfit for wildlife will be a failure. Frank On 26 Mar, 2008, at 11:16, Richard Man wrote: > My experience with the 12-60 and the 35-100/2 is different from > yours. They auto-focus (and manual focus, for that matter) just > fine. Make sure you have the latest firmware and if you are using > the 12-60, there is a "recall" for some of the earlier serial # > lens. For manual focus, the screen is no Ms, what SLR would be? But > it is definitely not far from D3 etc. > > At 02:12 AM 3/26/2008, Frank Dernie wrote: >> I bought a E3 system for small tele lenses. I have been totally >> underwhelmed by the results of the AF with long lenses and >> unfortunately manual focus on a tiny screen is hit and miss - usually >> miss. With normal and wide lenses is fine, but so is everything else. >> The E510 with kit lens is pretty impressive for the money. It is no >> M8! >> Frank >> > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information