Autofocus is a real asset in catching shots of moving targets. My manual
Leica-R Macro is a great lens, but is slow to use. You will enjoy AF for
chasing insects.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Small Bee with Blue Head and Back
> You're right, Jim. But the extra stop comes with autofocus, rather than
> the catch-focus of my current, manual macro lens.
>
> Chris
>
> On 16 Jun 2011, at 19:16, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the kind words, but I have concluded that lens speed has very
>> little importance in closeup photography. DOF is much more important,
>> and
>> usually requires stopping down more than one usually does in general use.
>> For the last few days of bee-watching, I set the aperture down to f/9,
>> and
>> shot in A mode with AF.
>
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