Author Topic: Olympus Pen E-P1 manual focus assist on 3rd party lenses (Read 2895 times)

marcfogel · « **on:** August 30, 2009, 01:04:05 PM »

I found this on another site and thought I would share.

Olympus Pen E-P1 manual focus assist on 3rd party lenses
SETTING MANUAL FOCUS ASSIST FOR THIRD PARTY MECHANICAL MANUAL FOCUS LENSES USING THIRD PARTY ADAPTERS ON THE OLYMPUS PEN E-P1 CAMERA.

On the Olympus Pen E-P1 digital camera;
1. set the function button to engage the required focus mode.
2. press the INFO button several times until the green AF focus area rectangle shows on the screen.
3. press OK. The small area focus segment appears on screen to enable critical focus.
4.Press OK again once critical focus is established to return to the full screen image to compose the motif.
5. Repeat the above procedure for each new frame.

Copyright: Jonathan Eastland.
www.ajaxnetphoto.blogspot.com 2009.
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JonInKrakow · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2009, 10:03:44 PM »

Nice. I need to remember that. I am considering getting a K-mount-to-m43 for my Chinon 135mm f/2.8 lens.

-Jon

pkloo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2009, 06:16:16 AM »

piece of valuable information......................Thank

nikoedii · « **Reply #3 on:** September 06, 2009, 08:03:46 AM »

plus you can reduce the number of "INFO" key presses needed to get to the green rectangle by customizing the LV info settings (take out the views you don't really need)

Olympus Pen E-P1 manual focus assist on 3rd party lenses