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chris_zeel
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 Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:35 pm Post subject: faulty focus of Olympus mju-ii? |
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chris_zeel wrote:
After getting good results with my mju-i , I stumbled upon a mju-ii in a thrift shop and brought it with me on my summer holidays, shooting two rolls of cheap Lomography 100ASA with it.
The results I got were not as satisfactory as I had hoped.
A lot of shots were miss-focussed, also wider shots were not as sharp as I had expected.
With my mju-i, the red focussing beam always showed when half pressing the shutter button, but with the mju-ii I did not see this.
Could this mean that the focussing is defective?
Here are some shots to illustrate the issue, unedited scans.
Here is a shot that was just fine.
Any ideas on what might be issue..?
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Rangefinder: Zorki 4K, Ricoh 500G, Olympus 35 SP, Neoca 2S
Folder: Afga Isolette-I
Compact: Olympus mju-I
AF: Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di LD
Exakta: Meyer-Optik Trioplan 50/2.9, Primagon 35/4.5
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F-mount: Nikon Series E 28/2.8, 50/1.8, 100/2.8, Nikkor-S 35/2.8, Nikkor-H.C 50/2, Nikkor-H 85/1.8
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wupdigoj
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wupdigoj wrote:
Hello. I do not know if your camera is defective, but this is exactly my own experience with this camera. Now and then I got a properly focussed picture, but most are missfocused. The sharpness is OK, but IMO not stellar as it is frequently quoted. I have tried two mju II cameras and one was slightly better that the other but none of them was excellent. I use now a Konica A4 and found it sharper and much more consistent than the olympus. The ergonomics are worse though. Best regards
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chris_zeel
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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chris_zeel wrote:
Thanks for your reply, Javier.
Interesting to hear that you have had the same experience.
I also have a mju-I, and on the one single roll that I have run through it the only misfocused one was a selfie that was probably too close.
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DSLR: Canon 6D, Canon 400D
SLR: Praktica MTL5, Topcon RE-2, Topcon RE Super, Nikon EM, Chinon CE-3 Memotron, Pentacon F, Zenit 12-XP
Rangefinder: Zorki 4K, Ricoh 500G, Olympus 35 SP, Neoca 2S
Folder: Afga Isolette-I
Compact: Olympus mju-I
AF: Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di LD
Exakta: Meyer-Optik Trioplan 50/2.9, Primagon 35/4.5
M42: Sigma Mini Wide 28/2.8, Auto Chinon 28/2.8, Meyer-Optik Lydith 30/3.5, Pentacon Electric 29/2.8, Mir 1b 37/2.8, Super-Takumar 50/1.4, Meyer-Optik Oreston 50 f/1.8, Auto Yashinon 50/2, CZJ Tessar T 50/2.8, E. Ludwig Meritar 50/2.9, Meyer-Optik Primotar E 50/3.5, Industar 50-2 50/3.5, SMC Takumar 55/2, CZJ Biotar 58/2, Helios 44 58 f/2, Jupiter-9 85 f/2, Meyer-Optik 85/3.5, Super-Takumar 105/2.8, Accura Super Tc 135/2.8, Pentacon Zebra 135/2.8, Jupiter-11 135 f/4, Chinon MC Auto 200/3.5, Accura Supertel Tc 200/4.5, Soligor C/D Macro+Zoom 80-200/4.5
F-mount: Nikon Series E 28/2.8, 50/1.8, 100/2.8, Nikkor-S 35/2.8, Nikkor-H.C 50/2, Nikkor-H 85/1.8
Topcon: RE Auto Topcor 35/2.8, RE. Auto Topcor 58/1.8, RE. Auto Topcor 135/3.5
OM: Zuiko Auto-S 50/1. |
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luisalegria
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
AF is out of whack.
Not unexpected on a camera thats almost 20 years old.
Mine worked extremely well in its day (before digital)
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chris_zeel
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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chris_zeel wrote:
| luisalegria wrote: |
AF is out of whack.
Not unexpected on a camera thats almost 20 years old.
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Could that be explained by the fact that I don't see a red beam when half-pressing the shutter button?
Beautiful shot you have there!
Surprising to see that the camera set a relatively large aperture in that sunny scene there.
Perhaps it was shot with slow film speed..
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DSLR: Canon 6D, Canon 400D
SLR: Praktica MTL5, Topcon RE-2, Topcon RE Super, Nikon EM, Chinon CE-3 Memotron, Pentacon F, Zenit 12-XP
Rangefinder: Zorki 4K, Ricoh 500G, Olympus 35 SP, Neoca 2S
Folder: Afga Isolette-I
Compact: Olympus mju-I
AF: Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di LD
Exakta: Meyer-Optik Trioplan 50/2.9, Primagon 35/4.5
M42: Sigma Mini Wide 28/2.8, Auto Chinon 28/2.8, Meyer-Optik Lydith 30/3.5, Pentacon Electric 29/2.8, Mir 1b 37/2.8, Super-Takumar 50/1.4, Meyer-Optik Oreston 50 f/1.8, Auto Yashinon 50/2, CZJ Tessar T 50/2.8, E. Ludwig Meritar 50/2.9, Meyer-Optik Primotar E 50/3.5, Industar 50-2 50/3.5, SMC Takumar 55/2, CZJ Biotar 58/2, Helios 44 58 f/2, Jupiter-9 85 f/2, Meyer-Optik 85/3.5, Super-Takumar 105/2.8, Accura Super Tc 135/2.8, Pentacon Zebra 135/2.8, Jupiter-11 135 f/4, Chinon MC Auto 200/3.5, Accura Supertel Tc 200/4.5, Soligor C/D Macro+Zoom 80-200/4.5
F-mount: Nikon Series E 28/2.8, 50/1.8, 100/2.8, Nikkor-S 35/2.8, Nikkor-H.C 50/2, Nikkor-H 85/1.8
Topcon: RE Auto Topcor 35/2.8, RE. Auto Topcor 58/1.8, RE. Auto Topcor 135/3.5
OM: Zuiko Auto-S 50/1. |
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
I don't know - it was a long time ago (she is at UCLA now) so I'm not sure what I did.
And though I probably still have the camera and the negatives I don't know where they ended up.
This is a scan of a print.
It wasn't 400 color print film for sure, I always hated that stuff.
Almost certainly Fuji.
The camera had a backlight mode, thats what I was using I think.
IIRC it did not have a manual ISO setting feature.
Yes, focus confirm was a light, red or green IIRC. Mine was a Stylus (US naming). So there may have been design differences also.
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