robert_grasing Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 Olympus has announced in the Japanese photo magazines an OM lens to E-1 body is available for free (at least here in Japan). Olympus said they first decided not to make such an adapter because OM lenses would not give the best results when used with a digital camera. However, customers continued to ask for one and so they relented. They are asking for feedback from E-1 and OM lens users. The announcement included a chart of Zuiko lenses and the recommended aperture range for each. For most lenses this amounts to using them in the middle apertures. No mention whether or not Olympus will make this adapter available outside of Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neild Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 Thanks for the info. Robert - it sounds interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas_green1 Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 They will make it available in the U.S. An Olympus rep admitted this to me at the CES show in Las Vegas in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_engeler Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 Why recommend an aperture for use on a digital camera? Is this an optical limitation of the sensor. I currently use OM lenses (or Voigtlander for OM, see www.cameraquest.com) on my Digital Rebel and have not noticed any limitations, even wide open. What should I be looking for, should I also be stopping down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_grasing Posted February 21, 2004 Author Share Posted February 21, 2004 Why the recommended apertures? I skimmed the announcement (it was rather long) and I don't clearly remember it all, didn't buy any of the magazines, and the announcement is not yet on the official Olympus Japan site. But I did notice some telephotos were recommended from full aperture down to f/16. I think it was mostly the wide angles that had the middle apertures recommendation. Aren't regular film camera wide angles the lenses that cause the most problems for digital cameras? Perhaps it's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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