phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Any one actually used this?

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

I will be ordering one soon. It emulates parallax correction. One normally sets the focusing target on something the same distance as the subject is going to be. Then you "find and focus" by putting the sight dot "on" the subject and press the trigger. Most people really like it and rate it 5 and 4 stars; some don't and they rate it one star. I guess one either likes or really hates it with no one really in between. You might want to check as many reviews as possible and see what the one stars raters objected to. Everyone that I have heard of around here indicated they really liked it.

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Thanks! Let me know what you think once you use it. I'll wait until after a long trip in September.

suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ

Yes, I have it. It definitely helps when zoomed in. Although it's not difficult to adjust, it needs to be put on a tripod to adjust and takes time, it's easy to grab the adjustment dials by mistake and undo your adjustment and mine keeps falling off the hot shoe for some reason. Hmm, need to re look at that. So like everything- pros and cons. But I'm glad I have it.

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Thanks Suntouched! Everything has + and -!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I have one and think it works very well at quickly getting a long lens pointed at what you want to shoot. If I broke it, I would buy it again. I would recommend it to any friend with a long lens that wants to shoot distant objects like wildlife, especially birds. In other words, you can track birds in flight. With a wide open lens, moderate ISO and fast shutter you can track hand held in daylight. The EE-1 would be of little use to landscape shooters.

->Mine does not fall off my Panasonic GX8! Like a flash unit, it has a locking wheel that needs to be tightened.

->I've learned to adjust it without being on a tripod. There are two little wheels. One is for vertical and the other horizontal. Take a picture of a distant stop sign, tail light, or other object. If it is not in the middle of the screen, dial the adjustments until it is. It is actually pretty quick unless it is a long way out of adjustment. The wheels are small and near the mounting lock so they are easy to bump when attaching or removing the sight from the camera.

-> Parallax effect is of little concern. On my camera, the sight in the hot shoe is about two inches above the center line of the lens. If it is perfectly adjusted to a distant target at infinity, it may be off by up to two inches on a close target. If perfectly adjusted to a target 50 feet away, targets further away will not be off enough to notice. If perfection is necessary, it only requires a one or two click adjustment of the vertical wheel. Horizontal is not affected by parallax effect.

-> There are much cheaper dot sights from the gun world that can be adapted with various brackets. But, they are bulkier and not as nicely designed for camera use. For example, the EE-1 folds to a compact size when not in use. When folded, it turns off to save the battery.

-> Although made by Olympus and advertised for Olympus cameras, it works on any camera with a hot shoe to hold it.

Buy here. If you don't like it, they will take it back for up to 30 days: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1116753-REG/olympus_ee_1_dot_sight_for.html

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Thanks bsprague! I'll get one when I get back in late September! I almost always go to B&H.

Kissel vonKeister Loc: Georgia

Don't you screw down the locking wheel?