Chuck,
Had you ever used or considered something like this for your focusing
issues?
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Joel W.
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012, at 06:58 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> When I bought my 5D one of the main considerations was its adaptability
> to my OM Zuikos. But have I ever really used them? Seldom is the
> answer. When I first bought the camera I started off with a new Tokina
> 28-80/2.8 and shortly thereafter added a used Tokina 80-200/2.8. Other
> than the Zuiko 80-250 I had nothing on the long end exceeding 200mm and
> it didn't seem useful to use the slower Zuiko for the sake of 50mm. On
> the short end the only Zuiko I had less than 28mm was the 24/2.8. That
> did get used for a while as a landscape lens at f/11. Hyperfocal
> methods obviated the need for focusing through the 5D's view finder.
> That's difficult for me and the focusing scale works just fine for
> hyperfocal stuff. Since then I've added a Tamron 24-135/3.5-5.6 which
> has become the outdoor walk-around lens so the 28-80/2.8 usually stays
> home. Then I added a Tamron 20-40/2.8-3.5 which meant that even the
> Zuiko 24/2.8 now stays home. The Tamrons are old, film era Canon AF
> mount. But they autofocus much better than my tired old eyes do
> manually and I only paid about $200 for the pair of them. The only OM
> mount lenses still used on the 5D are the Zuiko 50/3.5 macro and the
> Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro. And I shoot precious little macro.
>
> Oops, I almost forgot the T-mount Orion 500/5.6 mirror lens/spotting
> scope. I didn't like it on film since it has low contrast due to the
> large secondary mirror. But I thought digital post-processing would
> solve the contrast problem. So I bought a Canon EOS T2 mount to try it
> out. So far it has never even been mounted on the camera. :-)
>
> So much for lens adaptability.
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