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    Why do you think Oly still has no autofocus assist?

    Its been a the con in every Olympus dSLR review that flash has to be raised for autofocus assist. And that flash strobe it does for autofocus assist is AWFUL and seizure inducing. Try shooting your friends with it and they will hate you forever. Why is it that Olympus never put an AF assist lamp on their cameras? I cant imagine a small white LED would take up much space or cost much money to design into the camera...

    Anyone have a guess?
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    Re: Why do you think Oly still has no autofocus assist?

    Maybe the wanted to have one that was actually bright enough to work??? - TF
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    Re: Why do you think Oly still has no autofocus assist?

    Quote Originally Posted by OldClicker
    Maybe the wanted to have one that was actually bright enough to work??? - TF

    The Nikon one isnt effective?
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