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I know that it's just speculation, but how long do you guys guess we will have the four thirds mount? The OM mount had a long run; the Pentax, Nikon, and other mounts, too. (I'm using "run" to mean the length of time cameras are produced for the particular mount.) What got me to musing on the...

Yeah, I know; I just wasn't paying much attention—I was too interested in getting to my post when I committed that blunder. I realized that after my posting, but after I posted it, I didn't know how to change the thread title. Numbers

cjtune, Thanks for the clarification...it caused me to re-read the manual (again!). I think I'm beginning to understand. My wife tells me that the three most dangerous words I have ever used are: "I've been thinking," which have caused me to contract an almost fatal illness named IWO (I...

So, Tomcat (and cjtune), S-AF+MF or C-AF+MF are no real "bargains." If I were to start out in manual focus mode to begin with, I'd have the same thing and would not need to keep the shutter button half pressed? S-AF+MF or C-AF+MF just gets me there a little faster? If that's so, why does...

I think you are right; assign the AFL/AEL button to a function that will not make the lens return to auto focus, but I don't see how "Do manual focus while still depressing the shutter button halfway..." will be of any use. Since the camera is in either the S-AF+MF or C-AF+MF mode, manual focus...

I've scratched my pointy head 'til it's sore. Maybe you can explain it. "It" refers to the Olympus camera's (mine is an E-510) use of MF (manual focus) with either C-AF (continuous auto focus) or S-AF (single auto focus). The E-510 manual (on page 51) provides the following when describing the...

microcosm, I agree with your recommendations. I know my question sounded as if I was asking for someone to rewrite the manual; fear not, I'm not after that. I've been playing with the camera for about two weeks, and I think I understand the camera's basics. There are two areas that I'm...

Yeah, I did, and that is probably what caused me to doubt my understanding. I known it would a little awkward (and lots of keyboard time) to explain here; that's why I didn't want to start a new thread when there was already one. I've read some posts in another forum, but they were not on the...

(I've got a E-510 and) I-m not certain of my understanding of the AEL/AFL button and the assignment of modes to the button. Rather open a new thread on the topic, I hope that the topic has been cover in some thread already. Can someone point me in the right direction? When I searched, I did...

Well, OlyFlyer, yes and no. See the bottom of page 25 in the FL-50 manual. It says you can do it, giving a drawing of how the lighting from the two flashes will illuminate the subject. (I used my E20 and FL40 on a flash bracket in this manner.) Then the manual goes on to say that the built-in...

I have an e-510 camera and Olympus' FL-50 flash. I use a bracket to hold the FL-50 with a cable from the bracket to the camera's hot shoe. I would like the open the camera' on-board camera to use with the FL-50. The flash's manual says it'll work, but provide on details. The problem is the...