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DA 16-45 review

Started Jan 18, 2016 | User reviews thread
flektogon
flektogon Veteran Member • Posts: 6,226
Re: DA 16-45 review

Joseph Tainter wrote:

Hmmm. I've never trusted the distance scales on zoom lenses.

Joe

The distance scale on the DA 16-45 is surprisingly very precise when I shoot in the LV mode. But in any case it shouldn't change when the lens focuses at a stationary subject and you change the zoom (angle) setting. My lens (I would rather say my camera) changes it significantly when using PDAF. Now I checked it again, a subject distant 1m from the camera shows exactly 1m when zoom is set to 45mm and it changes (refocuses) to 2m when I change the zoom setting to 16mm. Crazy indeed.

Peter

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