I’ve been using and really enjoying the Olympus E-P2 for the last month, and lately with the addition of the Canon and Nikon adapter rings the camera has become even better. The only problem I’ve had with using the Canon and Nikon lenses on the E-P2 is the lack of a way to ensure proper focus when composing my shots. While lately I’ve gone to the extent of even sitting down and reading the manual to figure out a better way of handling this and I’ve found it.
To achieve great focus with this camera with manual focus lenses you can get the LCD or the EVF to move into zoom mode where you get close up look at subject of your shot. This can be achieved by a few simple buttons on the back of the camera -
- Push the Info button until the green box comes up
- Push the “Ok” button this should move the screen to Zoom mode
- If you want to zoom in further you can turn the dial on the back to change zoom amounts
Hope this helps you out, leave a comment below let me know if you’ve picked up a micro 4/3 camera or plan to in the future.
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Hi there,
Finally i found a happy user of the EP2.
How do find the pancake lens? enough for your indoor low lights shots?
Do you recommend any other lens for ep2?
I like my EP2, i’m trying to find adapter for nikon and canon lenses, but most of the stores here in Malaysia do not carry it. I wanted to get a decent zoom lens for my ep2, as i’m still stuck with the 17mm kit lens.May i know where did you get the adapters and whether they do shipping to malaysia.
Hope to see you to post more reviews on ep2.
thank you so much
Hey Stanley,
Glad that your liking the EP2 I’ve found mine to be a great tool to shoot with every day. For the adapters I’ve used so far I picked them up on Ebay so I don’t think they would have any problems shipping to Malaysia. I just grabbed this link for you on ebay Nikon Adapter I’ll keep trying ot get the E-P2 articles coming.
Thanks for visiting.
Adam
thank you for the tip you mention above!
wouldn’t it be great if that once you had zoomed in via the “ok button” you could toggle between the “normal” and the “zoomed” view by a half press of the shutter release
Hey Gary,
That would be a great way for Olympus to handle that type of setting but from everything I’ve seen so far it can’t do that today. If you are using the Olympus lenses when you move the focus ring it automatically zooms in for you which is nice but dosen’t help much on adapter lenses.
Thanks for visiting!
Adam
Hi Adam,
Thanks for the tip!!!
I just got my adapter a couple of weeks ago to work with an old Nikon 180 mm.
It has been frustrating getting the focus right. But now with this tip I think I’ll be able to improve that a lot, although I’ll now have to work around the shaking of my hand (the lens is quite heavy).
Cheers,
Nicolas
Great Nicolas,
Glad the tip helped, I’d love to hear how things are going for you with that big lens and the little camera. I know I hooked mine up to my Canon 70-200 f2.8 and it was a beast to hand hold.
Adam
Hi Adam,
I’ve been playing around with the camera, but not so much with the 180mm because I bought a 45-200 mm Lumix m43 lens (and have been playing with that).
However, I have been playing around with the Oly + my old Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI lens. And your tip is the most useful tip I’ve had so far with this camera! So thanks a lot!
I do want to get some more miles out of my 180, i.e. 360 mm after conversion, but I really think I’d need a tri or monopod to help with stability for that one… As you say: BEAST. Trust me: old Nikkor AI glass is really heavy!
Cheers,
Nicolas
Hey Nicolas,
Good to hear from you again! Glad things are working out for you, I’ve changed to a GF1 and have not found the easy MF tools on that body, I miss them. I’d love to see some of your work, we do a feature here at Knowphoto now, the photo of the week. If you’d like to submit your work send me a link in comments or in the Contact form – http://www.knowphoto.com/about/contact/
Adam
Hi Adam,
. You can check my photos out at http://www.nicojo.com. If I am ever satisfied enough with a shot that I think it’s worth something, I’ll fill out the form with a link to the photo!
Little follow up from my last post. I have now been playing with both the 50mm and the 180mm. Well the 180, 360 after conversion, is a tough one to use as hand-held. Nevertheless, the magnification tool is crucial to getting sharp pictures! It is a very good lens and the only thing that really bugs me about it is the 880 grammes it weighs.
It’s really a shame you don’t have magnification function on the GF1…
I’m not very good at taking photos yet (well, better than my mom, but that doesn’t count
Cheers,
Nicolas