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Re: [OM] Velvia Mood

Subject: Re: [OM] Velvia Mood
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:46:16 -0400
Sorry, I must have lost the sense of the thread.

Chuck Norcutt

C.H.Ling wrote:
> Wow! I didn't know my OM lenses have auto diaphragm on 5D II and E-System 
> bodies but diaphragm actuation is really a killer, it is just so slow by 
> hand :-)
> 
> C.H.Ling
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"
> 
>> It's not the mirror slap that's the killer.  It's the diaphragm actuation.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> Yes, IS is really nice, with the E-3 I got very sharp image with OM 
>>>> 135/2.8
>>>> handheld at 1/60s. The 5D II was somewhat disappointed, with 50/1.4 at
>>>> 1/50s, I took three shots to get one that was really sharp. May be it 
>>>> was
>>>> my own problem but IS really help a lot.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Smoothness of the camera during the exposure is one of the hallmarks of 
>>> some
>>> OM cameras. The E-1's shutter release is buttery smooth with nary a 
>>> notch.
>>> Some buttons when you press them have distinctly stiff half-press 
>>> positions
>>> and to go to full-press is initially firm then it suddenly gives. This is 
>>> a
>>> notoriously evil cause of camera shake with some cameras.
>>>
>>> I love the way I can squeeze out a shot with the E-1. The OM bodies are
>>> similar, but that mirror slap is evil with some focal-length and
>>> shutter-speed combinations.
>>>
>>> AG
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