Manuel Sam
Contributor
IÃÎ hoping that some of you who have shot the Zuiko 50mm macro lens and know what the heck youÃÓe doing can offer me some advice.
I recently used the 50mm with the E330 in Lembeh, and while some my results were not too bad, I had a lot of trouble and am still trying to figure out the lensÃÔ behavior.
First, the lens seems to have a mind of its own in deciding whether to shoot at 1:1, 1:2., 1:3, 1:4 when I half-press the shutter release button. I am sure that there is a perfectly logical explanation to this, but it has eluded me thus far.
Second, after firing a shot, the focus seems to lock up at its present setting and doesnÃÕ seem to want to budge. Let me explain.
IÃÎ shooting a pygmy seahorse, letÃÔ say. Upon powerup, the Liveview screen is blurry when aimed at the seafan containing the pygmy. I half-press the shutter release and the fan and pygmy come into focus. I wait for the right moment and shoot. So far so good.
I reposition and try at a slightly different angle. The pygmy is no longer in focus maybe slightly off. I aim and half-press the shutter release. The little red dot in the middle of the screen that signifies that the sensor has found the subject blinks once which usually indicates to me that the subject is in focus. In reality it is still a bit off-focus. I try again, I get the little red dot again, but the lens will not budge.
To get it to work again (ie, to focus correctly), I either shut the camera off and start again, or I aim elsewhere (like on the bottom) and further away and fire a shot which now causes the lens to budge from its original setting and refocus. Now I can go back and shoot the pygmy again.
None of this makes any sense to me. Hopefully some of you can figure this out. Either that or please share with me what you do that is different.
Thanks.
I recently used the 50mm with the E330 in Lembeh, and while some my results were not too bad, I had a lot of trouble and am still trying to figure out the lensÃÔ behavior.
First, the lens seems to have a mind of its own in deciding whether to shoot at 1:1, 1:2., 1:3, 1:4 when I half-press the shutter release button. I am sure that there is a perfectly logical explanation to this, but it has eluded me thus far.
Second, after firing a shot, the focus seems to lock up at its present setting and doesnÃÕ seem to want to budge. Let me explain.
IÃÎ shooting a pygmy seahorse, letÃÔ say. Upon powerup, the Liveview screen is blurry when aimed at the seafan containing the pygmy. I half-press the shutter release and the fan and pygmy come into focus. I wait for the right moment and shoot. So far so good.
I reposition and try at a slightly different angle. The pygmy is no longer in focus maybe slightly off. I aim and half-press the shutter release. The little red dot in the middle of the screen that signifies that the sensor has found the subject blinks once which usually indicates to me that the subject is in focus. In reality it is still a bit off-focus. I try again, I get the little red dot again, but the lens will not budge.
To get it to work again (ie, to focus correctly), I either shut the camera off and start again, or I aim elsewhere (like on the bottom) and further away and fire a shot which now causes the lens to budge from its original setting and refocus. Now I can go back and shoot the pygmy again.
None of this makes any sense to me. Hopefully some of you can figure this out. Either that or please share with me what you do that is different.
Thanks.