>
> I defer to you. Nobody I know of has produced so many photographs via
> adapter as you.
>
I estimate 15 thousand pictures with the adapter. Over 1/3 of all pictures I
take with the E-1 are with the adapted lenses. No, I'm not afraid of a
little stop-down metering. :)
> I was goofing around with the 24/2.8 last night on the E-1, trying to
> see if I can figure out a way to get the exposure system to work in
> any predictable way with an OM adapter, Zuiko, and KatzEye screen.
> Not working so far, but I will have to shoot and look at the exposures
> in Lightroom. I'm afraid I've been seriously corrupted by the larger
> LCDs...
>
The KatzEye is probably your biggest problem. I couldn't get it to work for
me without wild swings in exposure. Ended up just shooting in
manual-exposure mode. It was also weird because the split-image goes
backwards to the ones in my 2-13 screens. In otherwords, against the
movement of the focus ring.
One trick when shooting with classic lenses on the E-1 (and E-3 from my
testing) is to check the histogram and make sure that your mid-tone hump is
centered. Don't worry about the ends of the histogram, just make sure your
mid-tones are exposed correctly. You'll get richer colors AND you'll benefit
from the different contrasting of the older lenses which contribute to a
smoother roll-off in your shoulder and toe regions. During the RAW
conversion stage, you'll usually need to bump up your mid-tones a bit, but
the shadows and highlights will hold details you would have lost otherwise.
> You asked me a few days ago what I was going to do with the E-1 and
> E-330. I'd like to park the OM-adapter on the E-1 and create a little
> kit of vintage glass for it. The E-330 is small enough in scale that
> it would be nice to get a couple of the small zooms introduced with
> the 400 series for it. But have you priced those lenses lately? It's
> more cost effective to buy the 420 with the kit lenses than buy the
> lenses by themselves. The camera is almost free if you're willing to
> pay the price of the lenses.
>
If you do decide to part with your ultra-clean E-1, (mine looks like a NYC
transit-bus in comparison) my friend over here is looking for a backup to
his E-3.
AG
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