Re: New toy, lens adapter question

2019-06-03 Thread 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. Do

Re: New toy, lens adapter question

2019-06-03 Thread 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

Re: New toy, lens adapter question

2019-06-02 Thread 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: -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -

Re: New toy, lens adapter question

2019-06-02 Thread 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 adap

Re: New toy, lens adapter question

2019-06-02 Thread 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. Thank

Re: New toy, lens adapter question

2019-06-02 Thread 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

New toy, lens adapter question

2019-06-01 Thread Larry Colen
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