clay stewart
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I think it was the DCRP preview that compared the EP-1 focus speed to a couple of DSLRs and said it was slower. I think he was referring to the Sony A350 or something.
I've never tried the live view on that model, but I did own the Oly E330 for awhile and although it was faster to focus in live view than any other DSLR I've owned with live view (D300, D90 and E420), it was next to useless for street shooting. So, I can't help but wonder what good it is going to be for anything but static subjects. I started to think of work arounds, since I really like the concept of the EP-1.
I was thinking if it had a distance scale on the lenses, then that would help. Also, if it had something like the GRD2 which tells you what distance the lens is focusing to. I didn't see a distance scale on either of the kit lenses, but I wonder if there might be one built into the camera, like the GRD2?
I guess there is that zoom feature, for manual focus, but I wonder how useful that will be for moving subjects?
I've never tried the live view on that model, but I did own the Oly E330 for awhile and although it was faster to focus in live view than any other DSLR I've owned with live view (D300, D90 and E420), it was next to useless for street shooting. So, I can't help but wonder what good it is going to be for anything but static subjects. I started to think of work arounds, since I really like the concept of the EP-1.
I was thinking if it had a distance scale on the lenses, then that would help. Also, if it had something like the GRD2 which tells you what distance the lens is focusing to. I didn't see a distance scale on either of the kit lenses, but I wonder if there might be one built into the camera, like the GRD2?
I guess there is that zoom feature, for manual focus, but I wonder how useful that will be for moving subjects?
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