Well, I've just about decided to buy an E-10. Its a big purchase for a mostly broke college student, but I enjoy photography and its time to move on up from my dated (but still enjoyable) C2020. I've been reading these posts for a while now about various problems with E-10's out of the box. I've got a couple questions on this... first off. The manual focus problem... Manual focus on the lens is one of the major reasons I want the E-10, but I've been reading about manual focus problems quite a bit on here lately. Strange as it may seem, I cannot figure out what exactley the problem is. I've surmised it is something to do with a discrepancy between the AF and MF, but haven't found a post that explains exactley what the problem is and how to tell if your camera has it. Also, dead and hot pixels. I know what they are, my C2020 has a couple after 14months of shooting but what is the accepted test for hot/dead pixels on the E-10. Basically, I want to know what I should do with the camera out of the box when I get mine in the mail to assure that the camera is fine to begin with. Thanks for any help, I look forward to reading the responses.
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New E-10 Testing Procedures
- Thread starter BradQ
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Brad,
There are several recent threads that discuss the manual focus problem (apparently somewhat rare) in great detail.
On one of those threads there was a link to:
http://www.davidweikel.com/E10_samples/manual_focus/manual_focus.shtml
which I found to be an excellent description of the problem.
Good luck on your purchase.
From a fellow new E-10 owner,
David
There are several recent threads that discuss the manual focus problem (apparently somewhat rare) in great detail.
On one of those threads there was a link to:
http://www.davidweikel.com/E10_samples/manual_focus/manual_focus.shtml
which I found to be an excellent description of the problem.
Good luck on your purchase.
From a fellow new E-10 owner,
David
Paul Sumi
Senior Member
Remembering back to my starving student days and the tight cash flow, don't be tempted to cheap out and buy a gray market camera (presume you're in the U.S.). Alos, be sure you buy from a vendor with a good return policy in case you need to make an exchange.
The manual focus test was described in an earlier post. The quick way to test for hot pixels is, lens cap on, camera in manual mode, take increasingly longer exposures. The images will be black, any hot pixels red. I found one hot pixel at 2 second exposure and can live with it since the camera is fine in other respects.
Paul
The manual focus test was described in an earlier post. The quick way to test for hot pixels is, lens cap on, camera in manual mode, take increasingly longer exposures. The images will be black, any hot pixels red. I found one hot pixel at 2 second exposure and can live with it since the camera is fine in other respects.
Paul
Well, I've just about decided to buy an E-10. Its a big purchase
for a mostly broke college student, but I enjoy photography and its
time to move on up from my dated (but still enjoyable) C2020. I've
been reading these posts for a while now about various problems
with E-10's out of the box. I've got a couple questions on this...
first off. The manual focus problem... Manual focus on the lens is
one of the major reasons I want the E-10, but I've been reading
about manual focus problems quite a bit on here lately. Strange as
it may seem, I cannot figure out what exactley the problem is. I've
surmised it is something to do with a discrepancy between the AF
and MF, but haven't found a post that explains exactley what the
problem is and how to tell if your camera has it. Also, dead and
hot pixels. I know what they are, my C2020 has a couple after
14months of shooting but what is the accepted test for hot/dead
pixels on the E-10. Basically, I want to know what I should do with
the camera out of the box when I get mine in the mail to assure
that the camera is fine to begin with. Thanks for any help, I look
forward to reading the responses.
Bill Harris
Senior Member
This problem has been brought up by some here. Most I presume, including myself have not experienced this. My MF worked perfect after fiddling with the diopter.first off. The manual focus problem... Manual focus on the lens is
one of the major reasons I want the E-10, but I've been reading
about manual focus problems quite a bit on here lately
Also, dead and
This link will provide you with a utility for testinghot pixels. I know what they are, my C2020 has a couple after
14months of shooting but what is the accepted test for hot/dead
pixels on the E-10. Basically, I want to know what I should do with
the camera out of the box when I get mine in the mail to assure
that the camera is fine to begin with
http://www.davidweikel.com/E10_samples/pixelscan/pixelscan.shtml
Hot pixels under long exposures should be expected. Dead pixels are another story. For me, 4 months and all is fine w/ no dead pixels (fingers crossed and knocking on wood)
Don't worry about all this stuff. If you have made up your mind that this is the camera for you buy it from a reputable dealer with a no questions asked return policy. If you have problems (and chances are most likely you won't) return/exchange it for another. You won't be disappointed.
Bill H
Hi Brad, and congrats on the decision. The other posters on this thread said it best, but just to add my 2 cents.
JF
- 1: DON'T skimp and buy a grey market camera.
- 2: The MF problems are pretty rare. It's the classic situation; folks with no problem don't run around shouting "I don't have any problems!!!!", but the folks with problems are usually pretty vocal (and rightly so). So yes, you could get a camera with a problem, but chances are greater that you won't.
JF
Well, I've just about decided to buy an E-10. Its a big purchase
for a mostly broke college student, but I enjoy photography and its
time to move on up from my dated (but still enjoyable) C2020.
Kirill Lebedev
Forum Enthusiast
I was buying my E-10 as an "open box" item (someone returned it after Christmas without even opening SM card and batteries and saving me $300 off Best Buy's price of $1999). So salesmen let me play and test my camera. I brought CF card with me, made close cap shots, played with AF and MF. I didn't catch my MF problem back then - it's only 1/2-3/4 inch off. I reviewed my test shots, was blown away with the quality of pics, came back and bought the camera. I wish I knew more about MF problem back then.
If you can convince your dealer to let you try your camera before you buy it, it'll save you a lot of time, money and headache. Get CF card and reader BEFORE you buy the camera.
Kirill
If you can convince your dealer to let you try your camera before you buy it, it'll save you a lot of time, money and headache. Get CF card and reader BEFORE you buy the camera.
Kirill
Well, I've just about decided to buy an E-10. Its a big purchase
for a mostly broke college student, but I enjoy photography and its
time to move on up from my dated (but still enjoyable) C2020. I've
been reading these posts for a while now about various problems
with E-10's out of the box. I've got a couple questions on this...
first off. The manual focus problem... Manual focus on the lens is
one of the major reasons I want the E-10, but I've been reading
about manual focus problems quite a bit on here lately. Strange as
it may seem, I cannot figure out what exactley the problem is. I've
surmised it is something to do with a discrepancy between the AF
and MF, but haven't found a post that explains exactley what the
problem is and how to tell if your camera has it. Also, dead and
hot pixels. I know what they are, my C2020 has a couple after
14months of shooting but what is the accepted test for hot/dead
pixels on the E-10. Basically, I want to know what I should do with
the camera out of the box when I get mine in the mail to assure
that the camera is fine to begin with. Thanks for any help, I look
forward to reading the responses.
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