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Using Olympus 60mm macro lens on EP-1

Started Jul 21, 2015 | Questions thread
pannumon Veteran Member • Posts: 4,130
Re: Not a good choice

hindesite wrote:

pannumon wrote:

Yes, you need to press a button to exit the magnification on E-P1. Another thing is that the LCD is very low resolution, which makes MF impossible without the magnification. On the other hand the AF of E-P1 is much slower than any other µ4/3 camera. It's a shame.

Its only a shame in the context of today's cameras. The E-P1 was Olympus' first m4/3 camera and although they stuffed up a lot of things, they got a lot right - IQ being the most important.

But they stuffed up MF, focusing and EV bracketing to the point where passing the camera on to somebody to get them interested in photography is counterproductive.

It is astonishing, really - a camera that is what? 6 years old? is history now. The rapid pace of development of m4/3 is unbelievable, and I put it down to having 2 manufacturers competing against each other in the same space.

Yes I agree. But still, E-PL1 already got much much faster AF and a socket for EVF (and new UI?). E-P1 buyers paid a lot of extra although the cheaper model was in in many ways much better. But this is off topic.

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