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"Yes! I want to experience the E3 Hands-On!!" 1) # of people coming : 1 2) ZhiJie

A more generic term is called Mirror Lock-up or MLU. Here's an article about MLU : http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/mirror-lock.shtml Very useful feature if you take macros.

Just would like to add another point (that wasn't mentioned here) but I feel that it's quite important too. Longer focal length macro lens will have narrower angle of view and thus will have better chance of getting good and clean background. (easier to "select" background) No doubt that...

Taken at SBG. KM A2 @ 200mm, two Hoya +4 closeup filter stacked up. 1/250, f/8, ISO100. Image heavily cropped Comments are welcome. Thanks.

I'm not sure about A1 but have not heard A1 users reporting any AF issue. So, I suppose this problem is unique to A2 only. My thinking is that if A1 doesn't have this problem, then it's very likely it's due to firmware bug(s) in A2. The reason is because A1 and A2 are almost identical in...

Btw, for those who are in doubt about the sharpness of the lens, here's a sample image captured in RAW but post processed. (But using MF instead of AF). Image straight out of camera is soft and need to do some sharpening. I've also used AF, spot metering, FFP, Aperture priority and did...

Thanks for the reply. I have not tested under the conditions you mentioned but I do admit that the images straight out of camera, even with sharpening set to "Hard" is still soft compare to other digicam. I did post processing. Images are acceptable after the sharpening. But I have not...

Would you mind post some sample images?

This is a known problem and it's documented. Refer to Instructions Manual, Troubleshooting section. I quote : Symptom : "Err" displayed on the data Panel Cause : The camera is hot or it has been left in a very hot environment Solution : Turn off the camera and allow it to cool. If "Err" is...

If I'm not mistaken, these firmware is only adding Menu option for Tele/wide angle converters. I believe these are for the purpose of finetuning the AS performance when using the converters.

First one is Golden Orb Web Spider (Nephila maculata). http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/inverts/nephila.htm

This is the immature form of the insect (not new species). See more info here : http://www.insects.org/entophiles/hemiptera/hemi_011.html

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the nymph of Stink Bug