Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/15

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Subject: [Leica] Leica R lenses and Olympus E-510
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue Apr 15 22:58:12 2008
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No data, I just use my intuition and common sense and otherwise don't  
worry about it and just take pictures. Data are for the anal retentive.

Nathan

On 16-apr-2008, at 7:36, Richard Man wrote:

> Does Olympus or anyone have data in terms of wear and tear? Olympus  
> is not the only one with in body IS. Heck, Minolta has it since  
> forever. Anyone with data indicating their IS unit wearing out?
>
> Thanks.
>
> At 10:19 PM 4/15/2008, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Because IS uses more power, so the battery will run down faster, and
>> since it is mechanical there must be some additional wear and tear
>> (not the noise when you turn off the camera with IS on). I turn it on
>> when it will benefit the image and leave it off otherwise.
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,  
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
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