On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cool! I like seeing how many people are buying these micro-4/3 cameras > to adapt old/other lenses to them. I wonder if they would have sold as > well if it weren't for all the tinkerers. > > I'm currently shooting an Oly E-PL1 for a review, and have been using > the 77 Ltd on it for portraits. Great pictures, which I expected, but > the surprise was how easy it is to manually focus using the LCD > screen; much easier than on the K10D through the viewfinder. Manual focus with the big, bright EVF of the G1/GH1 and E-P2 models is even easier. I've used a nice brace of alternative lenses on the G1, from Nikkor 20mm to Nikkor 180mm with telextender. What works most successfully for me when it comes to adapted lenses are lenses in the 35 to 105 mm range. Short focal lengths, up to 25mm, I find the FourThirds and Micro-FourThirds lenses work best. My present G1 working kit includes a Cosmicar 12.5mm f/1.4 TV lens, a Konica 40mm f/1.8, an Olympus Pen F 70mm f/2 and a Pentax SMC Takumar 135mm f/3.5. A brief gallery of the G1 with a hodgepodge of various lenses is available here: http://www.gdgphoto.com/G1_adapted_lenses.html The adaptability and versatility of these bodies is delightful to those of us who appreciate the wide range of excellent lenses that can be used, but in fact the vast vast majority of users never need or want to work with anything but Micro-FourThirds lenses. Between Panasonic and Olympus, there are now lenses either shipping or announced for shipping soon from ultra-wideangle to hefty telephotos, all of which are darn good quality. It's nice to see these Pentax 110 lenses being used and performing well regardless! :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
