Re: New toy, lens adapter question

[Larry Colen]

John Francis wrote on 6/3/19 9:51 AM:

On Sat, Jun 01, 2019 at 10:49:24PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:

I was pretty stoked today to be given a new (to me) toy, an Olympus E-PL1,
with a 17/2.8 and a 14-42. I know that there are a couple people on the list
who also have a foot in the u4/3 world.  Does anyone have recommendations
for lens adapters?  I've got a bunch of K-mount, manual focus Minolta and
some old Nikon glass lying around.


Nice little toy, isn't it?


Picture quality seems to be pretty good:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708902630887

The user interface is atrocious. That is not a condemnation of u4/3 in 
general, but it's an incredible pain to take any manual control of it. 
The form factor, particularly without the evf, is very tough to hole in 
even my dainty little paws.




I bought one for my wife (with the 14-42 and 40-150 lenses) back in 2010,
although I've probably used it myself rather more than she has.

Somewhere around here I've got the adapter I bought to use my Pentax 50mm
with it when I wanted to take some pictures of the miniature figures we use
for tabletop RPGs - if I manage to turn it up I'll let you know.

(I would like to try out the 17/2.8 sometime, too)


Gee, maybe we should get together and play with cameras sometime.






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Re: New toy, lens adapter question

[John Francis]

On Sat, Jun 01, 2019 at 10:49:24PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
> I was pretty stoked today to be given a new (to me) toy, an Olympus E-PL1,
> with a 17/2.8 and a 14-42. I know that there are a couple people on the list
> who also have a foot in the u4/3 world.  Does anyone have recommendations
> for lens adapters?  I've got a bunch of K-mount, manual focus Minolta and
> some old Nikon glass lying around.

Nice little toy, isn't it?

I bought one for my wife (with the 14-42 and 40-150 lenses) back in 2010,
although I've probably used it myself rather more than she has.

Somewhere around here I've got the adapter I bought to use my Pentax 50mm
with it when I wanted to take some pictures of the miniature figures we use
for tabletop RPGs - if I manage to turn it up I'll let you know.

(I would like to try out the 17/2.8 sometime, too)

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Re: New toy, lens adapter question

[Steve Cottrell]

On 2/6/19, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I use Kiwifotos adapters - well made and reliable - faultless.

There's a few shots of them on this page:



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Re: New toy, lens adapter question

[Steve Cottrell]

On 1/6/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I was pretty stoked today to be given a new (to me) toy, an Olympus 
>E-PL1, with a 17/2.8 and a 14-42. I know that there are a couple people 
>on the list who also have a foot in the u4/3 world.  Does anyone have 
>recommendations for lens adapters?  I've got a bunch of K-mount, manual 
>focus Minolta and some old Nikon glass lying around.

I use Kiwifotos adapters - well made and reliable - faultless.



Tiny URL for above








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Re: New toy, lens adapter question

[Larry Colen]

Brian W wrote on 6/2/19 12:16 AM:

I bought a few cheap adapters of ebay - K mount, Konica, M42 - they all do the
job well enough but I've never found using adapted lenses much fun. Apart from a
Konica macro lens, I haven't used any other adapted lenses regularly even though
I have lots.


Thanks for the info


Focus peaking helps but does the E-PL1 have that?


No it doesn't.

Thanks for the info.  So, maybe I'll drop $20 on an adapter, but it 
seems a lot less urgent.



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Re: New toy, lens adapter question

[Brian W]

I bought a few cheap adapters of ebay - K mount, Konica, M42 - they all do the
job well enough but I've never found using adapted lenses much fun. Apart from a
Konica macro lens, I haven't used any other adapted lenses regularly even though
I have lots.

Focus peaking helps but does the E-PL1 have that?


Cheers

Brian

> On 02 June 2019 at 15:49 Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> I was pretty stoked today to be given a new (to me) toy, an Olympus 
> E-PL1, with a 17/2.8 and a 14-42. I know that there are a couple people 
> on the list who also have a foot in the u4/3 world.  Does anyone have 
> recommendations for lens adapters?  I've got a bunch of K-mount, manual 
> focus Minolta and some old Nikon glass lying around.
> 
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