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[OM] Re: E-1 idiosyncrasies

Subject: [OM] Re: E-1 idiosyncrasies
From: "Robert Swier" <robert.swier@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:56:49 -0500
I don't have my E-1 here to verify this, but regarding sky, doesn't it
do a full search and then default to infinity (which is the correct
focal point for sky)?

Robert Swier
Toronto

On 3/24/06, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 3/24/06, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all
> >
> > A few things I've found with the E-1
> >
> > Auto focus failure. Yesterday I was photographing a few printed pages to e-
> > mail the jpeg to my son.  For one page the autofocus just would not settle
> > down, and kept hunting. I had to try the page about 6 times before I got a
> > copy I felt I could use.
> > Similarly, I was photographing a night scene, a view of city lights, 
> > moonlight
> > and reflections on water.  Autofocus kept hunting for several minutes - it
> > seemed.
>
> I've had problems too.  It won't autofocus on the sky well or on
> undifferentiated darkness.  Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've
> ever manually focused on either. :/
>
> I recently had a problem focusing with DZ 50-200 on a large patch of
> vegetation in the distance.  It was very undifferentiated as well.
> When I moved over to some rocks a bit to the side, it focused fine.
>
> I have also noticed that it sometimes doesn't focus on water well.
> More undifferentiated stuff.  That's the theme, for me anyway.
>
> >
> > White Balance.  On several occasions, the camera has utterly refused to set
> > a white balance, when I pressed the button.  I have never managed to
> > conquer this problem once it strikes.
>
> I have not run into this, although I rarely change WB from 5300, which
> serves for most of my shooting.
>
> Joel W.
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