Comments on: Olympus E-P2 Manual Focus Assistance http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/ Exploring photography to inspire and teach Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicolas Joannin http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 Nicolas Joannin Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:11:41 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-1875 Hi Adam, 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 ;). You can check my photos out at 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! Cheers, Nicolas Hi Adam,
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 ;) . 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!
Cheers,
Nicolas

]]> By: adam http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 adam Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:08:38 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-1776 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 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

]]> By: Nicolas http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Nicolas Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:11:09 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-1774 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 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

]]> By: adam http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 adam Tue, 17 May 2011 13:50:15 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-1529 <p>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</p> 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

]]> By: Nicolas http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 Nicolas Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:56:37 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-1455 <p>Hi Adam,</p> <p>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).</p> <p>Cheers, Nicolas</p> 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

]]> By: adam http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-424 adam Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:41:10 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-424 <p>Hey Gary, <br /> 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. <br />  <br /> Thanks for visiting!<br /> Adam</p> 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

]]> By: adam http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-423 adam Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:33:18 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-423 <p>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 <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-lens-to-for-Olympus-EP1-EP2-adapter-micro-4-3-GF1_W0QQitemZ310206174279QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLens_Accessories?hash=item4839ba9447" rel="nofollow">Nikon Adapter</a> I'll keep trying ot get the E-P2 articles coming.<br /> Thanks for visiting. Adam</p> 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

]]> By: gary isaacs http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-421 gary isaacs Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:26:26 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-421 <p>thank you for the tip you mention above!</p> <p>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 :-)</p> 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 :-)

]]> By: Stanley http://www.knowphoto.com/2010/03/olympus-e-p2-manual-focus-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Stanley Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:55:51 +0000 http://www.knowphoto.com/?p=780#comment-418 <p>Hi there,</p> <p>Finally i found a happy user of the EP2.</p> <p>How do find the pancake lens? enough for your indoor low lights shots? Do you recommend any other lens for ep2?</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Hope to see you to post more reviews on ep2.</p> <p>thank you so much</p> 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

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