QUESTION:
Does the OM-D (with adapter) offer any extra features when used with old OM lenses from the film days? Or is it all manual just like when used with any other digital body (e.g. Canon Rebel).
Reason why I am asking: If someone owns a lot of OM glass, a crop Canon (or whatever brand that can fit OM lenses with an adapter) seems to be a better choice since the sensor is larger and therefore the focal lengths will be more useful (unless all you want is telephoto lenses).
It would be cool is they made an adapter that could operate the mechanical aperture mechanism so we could focus at large aperture and then it would automatically stop down for the capture (just like it works on film bodies).
I use the OM 28mm f3.5 and the OM 100mm f2.8 as perfect lenses as part of my micro 4/3 system to augment my AF lenses, the Panasonic 14mm f2.5 and the Olympus 45mm f1.8. This allows me to cover all of the common focal lengths I used in the film days (35mm equiv: 28mm, 55mm, 90mm and 200mm)
matejphoto wrote:
Reason why I am asking: If someone owns a lot of OM glass, a crop Canon (or whatever brand that can fit OM lenses with an adapter) seems to be a better choice since the sensor is larger and therefore the focal lengths will be more useful (unless all you want is telephoto lenses).
yup, the only thing that would be better on the OM-D is manual focus since you can zoom in the evf and aps-c cameras have pretty crappy optical viewfinders.
sebboh wrote:
yup, the only thing that would be better on the OM-D is manual focus since you can zoom in the evf and aps-c cameras have pretty crappy optical viewfinders.
Good point!
But it doesn't make it any better that the other mirrorless cameras with viewfinders (NEX7, X-Pro1,...)
So technically, calling it a OM-D is just a marketing thing (and styling resemblance).
matejphoto wrote:
Good point!
But it doesn't make it any better that the other mirrorless cameras with viewfinders (NEX7, X-Pro1,...)
So technically, calling it a OM-D is just a marketing thing (and styling resemblance).
Of course it is, and thats all the more it was ever supposed to be. I don't know where people got the idea that Olympus would even consider introducing a new FF OM camera.
Honestly probably 1% of the m4/3 market even remembers what the OM series was, much less was even alive then, and of that small percent that still remembers those camera's an even smaller 1% probably still has a large collection of lenses for them.
Its not that they weren't good, I've got an OM-G with motor drive sitting on my shelf still, but its just incredibility dated and would make no more sense than Canon making a DSLR that could use 30 year old FD breach lock mount lenses.
The Pens have an advantage with alt lenses in general and that's the ability to set the focal length within the camera so the IBIS is effective. Maybe that feature will carry through to the OM-D.
freaklikeme wrote:
The Pens have an advantage with alt lenses in general and that's the ability to set the focal length within the camera so the IBIS is effective. Maybe that feature will carry through to the OM-D.
i do miss this very much in my switch to NEX. all my lenses have improved otherwise though when i manage to hold them steady (well the jury is still out on the leica 350/4.8 actually).
millsart wrote:
Honestly probably 1% of the m4/3 market even remembers what the OM series was, much less was even alive then, and of that small percent that still remembers those camera's an even smaller 1% probably still has a large collection of lenses for them.
In that case, most m4/3 users must be very young. The OM4Ti was discontinued in 2002
I agree that if you are only looking to use your OM lenses, adapting them for your current camera makes much more sense than investing in a mirrorless system, unless you really want them for long lens use, in which case it might make sense to take lenses of half the focal length you'd otherwise need to save space and or gain light (say, bring a 100/2.8 instead of a 200/4 or something).
Using adapted lenses on mirrorless is a great advantage of the system, but if you've got a stock of lenses and a body they can be adapted to, it makes more sense to use them there unless you have an itch for the other benefits of mirrorless.
Yeah, for using the legacy glass the $1k or so you'd spend on the E-M5 would be better off put into a 5D or even original 1Ds. I use some OM glass on my 1DsII and with a cheap fotodiox adapter they perform wonderfully.
Yep, I use the OM zuikos on my rebel T3i. I find the flip out display very useful. I use the OM lenses mostly for fun. For any serious stuff I always take 5Dm2 with my L lenses.
I find the OM lenses very nice but the stop down metering can get tedious, especially for fast moving subjects.
