I am starting to wonder if the logic that lead to the change of hard to soft
switch has to with how the MF design of the SWD lenses works. IIRC the new
lenses are being promoted as having some sort of mechanical manual focus
rather than the focus by wire system that has been the standard till now.
Perhaps with the new lenses you just grab the MF ring and the camera lets
you focus regardless of the mode?
I imagine I won't figure out how much I will get on with this change until
the E-3 lands at my house. Like Donald notes, I find my myself drawn in to
buy this one quite badly right now :)
Dan S.
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Moose
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 2:31 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: E-3 User Comments
Daniel Sepke wrote:
> It is potentially a serious error of design for me. I think hardware
> controls are more useful that aoft controls and multi function
> controls that change purpose based on exposure mode are just daft to
> me. Of course the upside is that my E-3 will spend all the time MF
> mode because I can't flip a quick switch with one hand rather than the
> two that will now be necessary.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Of Johann Thorsson
>
> It will be interesting to see the images. I also noticed that one of
> the participants missed the manual - autofocus switch. I did not
> realize it had been moved under the software menu. I am going to miss
> that handy switch too - unless the autofocus has improved dramatically.
>
Odd how little design decisions can make a big difference. Canyon put the
switch on the lens, so it can never go "software". More important, it gives
some design flexibility for lenses. Although most opt for a switch of the
standard design in the standard place, a few do something different. The
Tamron 90/2.8 macro, and I believe some others, uses push-pull of the
focusing ring. It is just natural and perfect with macro. If the AF nails
focus, shoot, otherwise, grab the focusing ring, pull back a click, focus
and shoot.
But then, Oly swears up and down that the E-3 now has the fastest focus of
all. Early reports seem to indicate that AF, one of the E-1's weak points
(and a major reason I didn't end up with one), has vastly improved.
Moose
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