Works like a modern AF camera - Phase detection. Actually works better than I
expected, but only down to dim - ish conditions, not really what I would call
low light.
It's not AF - for that you need the AF zoom, but just indicates whether the
centre - spot area is in focus or not, and which way to turn the distance ring.
Then emits a really annoying beep when you have done as commanded (you can turn
that bit off, fortunately)
The bit that goes beep can also trigger a winder / MD
With a bit of work, they could have turned this into something really useful.
Julian
Julian
> from: bsandyman@xxxxxxx
> date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:10:13
> to: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> subject: Re: [OM] OM-30 Question
>
> I posted a question about this before, but never saw it come back in the
> digest,
> so I assume it got lost. I apologize if it is a repeat.
>
> I was wondering if anyone could explain the auto-focus gizmo in the OM-30. It
> seems clear that it doesn't use SONAR as it works poorly in low light. So how
> does it work?
>
> Has anyone used this feature? How do you like it?
>
> Thanks anyone who can point me at an answer.
>
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