Walt Wayman wrote:
> I understand completely that this is how it's supposed to work, and if it
> were otherwise, I would not be a happy camper and would be in full bitch and
> moan mode, but there is a certain, albeit perhaps irrational, sense of
> comfort and satisfaction in seeing that the Katz Eye split-prism screen and
> the E-1 autofocus are in complete harmony. When using an autofocus lens,
> it's kinda like wearing both belt and suspenders, and when shooting with one
> of the heritage Zuikos, it turns focusing from a guessing game into a
> reasonably sure thing.
>
> Since I took to photography before auto much of anything, I consider
> stop-down metering and manual focusing only minor inconveniences, so much so
> that now that I can focus the old lenses accurately, and since the ZD 14-54
> and LWMNBN take care of approximately 80 percent of my ordinary, everyday
> lens needs, it's probably going to be a while before I buy another digital
> lens.
>
> And speaking of lenses, now that I have the ability to focus them properly, I
> have tried and found these oldies to perform just fine and dandy on the E-1.
> While AG's list was based on actual, objective measurements and testing, my
> list, which is made up mostly of lenses he didn't have or, at least, didn't
> test, is based on seat-of-the-pants shooting and a reasonably critical
> judgment of what's good enough for Walt work, which is usually about a
> smidgen and a half better than government work.
>
> Zuikos:
> 35-80/2.8
> 50/2 macro
> 90/2 macro
> 100/2
> 135/2.8
> 135/4.5 macro
> 180/2.8
> 300/4.5
> 500/8
>
> Tamrons:
> 28-105/2.8
> 80-200/2.8
> 90/2.8 1:1 macro
> 300/2.8
>
> The 1.4X-A and 2X-A work fine on the 180/2.8 Zuiko and the 300/2.8 Tamron. I
> haven't tried either of them with any other lenses yet.
>
> So, if ya got 'em, use 'em.
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I must have seriously underspent. Despite owning about 20 Zuiko and
other OM mount lenses I don't have a single thing from the list above.
Chuck Norcutt
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