It may be OK. I haven't really put it to any signficant tests. When I
did try it I found it to be very touchy on indicating focus. The
slightest movement fore or aft would turn the focus indicator off and it
was very difficult to find the in-focus position. It was as though I
needed a vernier control. Of course, I was using the 24/2.8 which has a
lot of DoF. And when I use that it's usually at f/11 and focused at
about 6 feet for hyperfocal landscape work. I haven't tried it with any
other lens. Except for my 17mm Tokina the full range of my OM lenses is
already covered by my Canon mount lenses.
I'm not sure but I think I do have the Big_IS adapter and the 50/3.5
macro with me so maybe I'll give it another go. Of course, the OM-D
E-M5 is supposed to be here in a couple of days. No doubt it will get
priority. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/16/2013 11:35 AM, jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Big_IS not working for you, then, Chuck?
>
> Joel W.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Since Olympus refused to give us what we wanted somebody
> else will
>
> I rarely use OM Zuikos on the 5D (other than with hyperfocal methods for
> landscape) because of the difficulty of focusing... even with the
> special Ee-s screen for f/2.8 or faster lenses. Maybe a 28/2 reduced to
> a 14/1.4 will have enough brightness to facilitate fast and accurate
> focusing without resorting to slow, magnified live view methods.
>
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