The 300D's do work, and quite well for many, many people.
But 99.5% of 300D users never take their camera out of AF mode and most
probably don't know how. Modern AF cameras, the E-1 included, do not have MF
aids in their focusing screens. I hope that Olympus will release one, but I
may be waiting a long time. These cameras aren't very good at rapid, critical
manual focusing, although the E-1's focusing screen is quite good and the
images snap into focus very nicely, especially with f/2.0 OM-System Zuiko
lenses.
And I wish that the E-1's finder rectangles blinked red when the AF system
locked on, like Canon's. That's a very nice feature. Do the rectangles light
up in MF mode?
Skip
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Subject: [OM] Canon EOS 300D (OT, in case it wasn't obvious!)
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:15:09 -0000
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>At a nincompoop customer today, he showed me his Canon EOS 300D. 5
>strange black rectangles in the viewfinder and no obvious way of
>focussing it. Nincompoop had never switch it to MF anyway so didn't have
>a clue.
>
>How do you focus accurately manually on this camera? Change the
>focussing screen to something sensible?
>
>BTW, know it's not necessarily supposed to be the best, but compared to
>OM gear it was horrible to hold: strange shape (not enough grip one side
>to grasp it properly) nasty switchgear, nasty light feel to the lens
>(though I don't think he had a Canon lens on it), horrible, light,
>plastic feel -- all without actually being that light to go with it.
>
>I'm sure it takes good pictures (not in nincompoop's paws, I dare say),
>but I don't think I could get any pleasure out of owning one.
>
>Simon
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