problem focusing at infinity for 12-60mm at the wide end.

miaksiew · 10th June 2008

don't know if anyone else has this problem

the AF cannot focus to infinity, and i have to manually adjust it to focus to get the focus lock when the lens is at the wide end (say 12-13mm)

it works fine when focusing less than infinity, and can focus at other focal lengths with no problems....

guess i have to make a trip down to high street.

splim · 10th June 2008

you mean no problem if 14mm or above? can show the image from 14mm and the focusing point.

miaksiew · 10th June 2008

no problems with focusing 14mm and above.

i think the motor is unable to move the lens to focus - i have to manually turn the focus range to infinity and the camera will achieve AF lock.

OlyFlyer · 11th June 2008

Which camera and AF settings do you use? If you use the E-3, are you using Auto AF? With the 11 focus points it can be so that at the wide focal length the camera finds something much nearer than at infinity. I guess this can happen even if you use the other bodies as well, even if they don't have the AF points spread out as much as the E-3. I sugget you set fixed, single center AF point Sensitivity = Small if you have the E-3 and aim at something large very far and test again.

10th June 2008	#1
miaksiew New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 16	problem focusing at infinity for 12-60mm at the wide end. don't know if anyone else has this problem the AF cannot focus to infinity, and i have to manually adjust it to focus to get the focus lock when the lens is at the wide end (say 12-13mm) it works fine when focusing less than infinity, and can focus at other focal lengths with no problems.... guess i have to make a trip down to high street.

10th June 2008	#2
splim Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 337	Re: problem focusing at infinity for 12-60mm at the wide end. you mean no problem if 14mm or above? can show the image from 14mm and the focusing point.

10th June 2008	#3
miaksiew New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 16	Re: problem focusing at infinity for 12-60mm at the wide end. no problems with focusing 14mm and above. i think the motor is unable to move the lens to focus - i have to manually turn the focus range to infinity and the camera will achieve AF lock.

11th June 2008	#4
OlyFlyer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Europe, Sweden, outside Lund Posts: 2,038	Re: problem focusing at infinity for 12-60mm at the wide end. Which camera and AF settings do you use? If you use the E-3, are you using Auto AF? With the 11 focus points it can be so that at the wide focal length the camera finds something much nearer than at infinity. I guess this can happen even if you use the other bodies as well, even if they don't have the AF points spread out as much as the E-3. I sugget you set fixed, single center AF point Sensitivity = Small if you have the E-3 and aim at something large very far and test again. __________________ Welcome to my Blog: http://olyflyer.blogspot.com/