Ken,
I have the same complaint about autofocus lenses. My ZD 14-54 does a nice
job of finding focus automatically, but the rediculous manual focusing scale
and lack of DOF scale are the reason I purchased a Leica-R lens when I chose
to add a prime.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Point Lobos [was Edward Weston - NY Times feature]
> >
>> As soon as I realized that I fired up the laptop
>> and produced a little hyperfocal cheat sheet for 20 and 40mm that I kept
>> in my wallet.
>
>
>
> Am I the only one that sees the stupidity in "progress?" My old Zuikos of
> very useful DoF marking all over them. Granted, my preference is to go
> 1-stop farther than the markings indicate, but nearly every lens has
> something to go by. No guessing, no cheat sheets.
>
> I realize I'm starting to sound like an old coot: "They don't make cameras
> like they used to". But for crying out loud, we call this an improvement?
>
> AG
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