More lens option for Panasonic G1

<p>"So, are there RB-67 lens adapters to the micro-4/3 mount :-)"<br>

Unfortunately you need to provide some way to focus them, perhaps an adapter with bellows focussing !</p>

<p>...Wayne</p>

<p>No RB adapters, but I'm sure Pentax 67 adapters exist if you want big-ass lenses. You might have to go P67 -> Nikon F or Pentax K -> 4/3's -> M4/3.</p>

<p>Here are some pictures on the Dalmatian and the Chihuahua.</p><div></div>

<p>Here comes the Dalmatian or Great Dane.</p><div></div>

<p>Where is the camera.</p><div></div>

<p>Now the pictures they took. First is the Cosmicar at wide open f1.4.</p><div></div>

<p>The vignette and edge smear is a little less at f8. I only adjusted the white balance. The images are all full frame no crop. I reduced the size to load here. No post processing sharpening. RW2 raw out of the camera saved as jpeg.</p><div></div>

<p>One more from the Cosmicar. This is one tiny little package. The image quality is not too bad. Useable as a fun camera/lens combination.</p><div></div>

<p>Now comes the Nikon 14 to 24 zoom. Both picture shot at wide open f2.8. Again no post processing except for sizing.</p><div></div>

<p>The Nikon at 14 mm f2.8.</p><div></div>

<p>Since my FD lenses are,shall we say, <strong>robust</strong> , then I would lose any image stabilization with the legacy lenses on a G series Panasonic, well and good. I am wondering if, in addition to the prodigal combo photoed above, Hansen, that you are saying the use of some lenses is maybe not practical in real world situations. For many of us . I mean practical and usable enough over the kit lenses thus far introduced by Panasonic to fit their mount. You know what I am getting at if you care to comment. In the field handling. I do not always use a tripod, and even with my monopod I have trouble steadying my ED Zuiko 70-300mm withmy E-1 (not an IS body as w know) at beyond the 150 FL as marked...I brace, I try.</p>

<p>I will post a telephoto photo of a bold long legged plover bird visitor in our littlr circle which I took Sunday- beautiful coloring pnthis guy---, once i get my PC files back to business where I had all my photo stuff more or less. Win PC w/CPU failure or bad motherboard,humbug,-old Dell box and it kaputsky I think (taps playing in background);-0. I will learn and set up an load to iPhoto and I will tomorrow or next week..busy days lately. Inertia, tax time and some home repairs make a tough lot in retirement. That or I am out of practice multitasking:-). aloha HT. gs</p>

<p>Hansen</p>

<p>nice work, I think many are now enjoying this new 'cult camera' I've put an adaptor onto mine and now am using FD 300 too. More lenses will follow because as a system it works nicely.</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3420064503_6c12f58773.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="342" /></p>

<p>I have a hard time hand holding any focal length over 150 mm with the G1. Especially if I enlarge the image in the view finder for more precise manual focusing. The longest lens I like to walk around with is the Tamron 90 mm macro. I get very good distance to the subject and the magnification is adequate at 1:2 with a 2X crop sensor.</p>

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<p>Has anyone slapped a folded MIRROR lens on a micro four thirds yet and "felt" super telephoto in a short setup?</p>

<p>See <a href="http://www.mirrorlenses.co.uk/ml_lenses.php">http://www.mirrorlenses.co.uk/ml_lenses.php</a> for a few folded MIRROR lenses from 300mm to 2,000mm (making 600mm to 4,000mm equivalent!).</p>

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<p>RE: (mirror lens)</p>

<p>interesting poin, but it would need a solid tripod mount on the lens (as does my FD300) as the stress on the body may be a bit much ... then there is the vibration, one will need a good sturdy tripod.</p>

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<p>No, Yoshio, a 300mm mirror is very small and light weight, not needing a tripod mount -- the whole point! Yet, on the G1, the combination captures "as if" it were a 600mm, but hand held. </p>

<p>Minolta also made a 250mm mirror (SR mount). What's the smallest mirror out there?</p>

<p>Of course anyone can use a tripod anytime, and I tend to put a camera on a lens, not a lens on a camera, so the camera always hangs off the lens for me, not the other way 'round. The camera is just a capture box; it's the lens that's the thing I treasure and hold with ardent respect for the inordinate value contained within.</p>

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<p>What's the smallest mirror (lens) out there?</p>

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<p>A Siemens 21cm f/6.8 (with adjustable aperture) in c-mount that is about the size of a 220 film roll.<br>

I have one, use it and it is swell (image, ease of focus, blah, blah and blah).</p>

<p>"No RB adapters, but I'm sure Pentax 67 adapters exist"</p>

<p>I have a Hasselblad to Leica R adapter, and a Leica R to 4/3 adapter. All I need is a 4/3 to m4/3 adapter and I can fit a Hasselblad CF lens on the G1. The problem is, there are three adapters in between and that is not a very solid connection. Even with two adapters, CF on 4/3 body, the combination feels a bit wobbly and with no tripod mount in the lens (below 350mm), is very front heavy.</p>