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Brian,are you a salesman for olympus or just an enthusiast.
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Did you try 'shoot w/o lens' in menu and you are clicking on left arrow of 4 way and then ok?? I've tried mine with my MF lenses and its fine. You don't need to choose MF--just the 2 button select and then you just rotate your focus ring.I have run into something I need help on, maybe it's a defective GF1. Today I tried using manual lenses, first a Leica with Novaflex adapter and then a Nikon with DMW-MA1 and Fotodiox adapters and the camera will not let me select MF with either so I can't get the enlarged image for manual focus. The menu is set to allow AF + MF and the MF Assist is on. It works when the Pana lens is on but not with any legacy lens. What may I be doing wrong?
John, If you put a manual lens on the G1, the screen prompts you to switch to manual. I think the GF1 is just switching to manual since it is a button press, not a dial turn.Cindy and Dianne, I am only talking about the rear LCD setting, not the in camera JPG processing. This was to make the LCD screen look better with more saturated colors. It doesn't effect the histogram.
I have run into something I need help on, maybe it's a defective GF1. Today I tried using manual lenses, first a Leica with Novaflex adapter and then a Nikon with DMW-MA1 and Fotodiox adapters and the camera will not let me select MF with either so I can't get the enlarged image for manual focus. The menu is set to allow AF + MF and the MF Assist is on. It works when the Pana lens is on but not with any legacy lens. What may I be doing wrong?
Brian, I just tried to make it happen by pressing the release button and I couldn't. I'm not too worried. It may have just been the Pen-F adapter causing the problem. I just got a second Pen-F adapter and haven't seen the problem yet with it. I just mentioned it in case others were seeing that behavior. (Is Panasonic trying to force us to use their adapter by crippling the "Focus assist ON" when we use other adapters--ala the battery situation?...just wondering.)...
Also, Cindy, make sure you don't accidentally touch the lens release button with your left hand fingers... this could cause the message you mentioned.
Cheers
Brian
What is SR?My brain hurts..
Focus is a little off on some of the low iso images. Looks like the Oly are more saturated but beyond that the biggest difference is the SR at slow shutters imho.
Thanks for all the images. This actually makes me miss my E-P1 a bit, and has pretty much turned me against the GF-1. The lack of SR in the 20/1.7 is a deal breaker for me. I'm already dealing with no SR with primes on the Canon. At this point I'd rather go either X1 or Pentax K7 with a small ltd prime.
I do like the thought of the Leica 45mm macro with IS on the Panny, but the lack of IS on the 20 bugs me.
Thanks for the tests, it's clear 3200 ISO is a complete waste of time with these 4/3rds sensors, no surprise. People intent on using such speed are much better off going with a Nikon D90. However, 800-1600 is acceptable.The first thing I noticed on opening the box is that the GF1 seems smaller than the E-P1. Total volume is probably pretty close but the difference in width really makes it seem smaller.