Legacy OM lenses and 4/3

[cbettis]

<p>Having a closet-full of Olympus Zuiko lenses (not really a closet-full, just 5) I am curious about their use on an Olympus digital body. I still shoot medium format film but would like to rejuivinate the Zuiko's and use them. Suggestions for a body and helpful hints woud be appreciated. Most of my shooting with these would be general interest/landscape, etc. Thanks</p>

[vick_vickery]

<p>You must have an adapter, readily available on eBay or at most retailers, to go between the lens and the body; with the adapter in place they work just fine. My favorite portrait lens is a Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 (35mm equiv. = 100mm) usually used from wide open to two or three stops down, depending on how much depth of field I want. The bokeh of this lens is very nice.</p>

[ukhov]

<p>In my opinion -not cost a peny.Adapter or not ,if you slave till something on the paper ,may as well keep this way .Go digital -kit lens to go with for few years not less,it real thing man,you Chuck-you guy you!</p>

[starvy]

<p>If you are used to the manual focusing and stop down metering, the OM lenses on any dslr body makes for a really fun shooting experience. I use my Zuiko lenses with a glass element adapter on my Sony DSLR. The Zuiko 100 2.8 is really quite something as a 150mm 2.8 lens. The 50mm lenses, both the 1.4 and 1.8 are very nice as well but I found the 1.4 unuseable at 1.4 but rather lovely from 2.8.<br>

For the price of an adapter if you could revive such fine glass, go ahead. When I buy my microthird or Sony NEX, I intend to go that way as well.</p>

[ken_max__parks]

<p>Chuck,</p>

<p>Your choice of Olympus DSLR for landscape photography is going to be based on price and features. Because of the high price introduction of the E-5, you will find the price of the E=3 and E=30 dropping on the used market. Check with KEH.com for bargains. </p>

<p>I shoot with both the E-3 and E-30, the latter being my choice for general photography and landscapes. I recently did a preparation shoot in Tuscany Italy and these two camera bodies were my mainstay.</p>

<p>I use some of my OM legacy lenses such as the 55mm f/1.2 and it has proven itself in portrait photography. However, one of the best lenses has been my Hasselblad 80mm f/2.8 which I've used for elegant wedding shoots.</p>

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<p>"Storm Over San Quirico" Olympus E-30, Zuiko 14-54mm, f/5.6, 1/30 sec., ISO 400. Copyright © 2010, Ken "Max" Parks and PhotoWorkshops TTL, LLC</p>

[rob_h5]

<p>The best adapters in the market are from Fotodiox, pretty much your choice of digital cameras, Olympus 4/3rds, m4/3rds or Canon EOS. The FLM (Focal Length Multiplier) will be 2X on 4/3rds. I have used a Fotodiox adapter on Canon EOS for years and they are professional, welll made lens adapters. With good OM Zuiko glass it is well worth adapt on digital.</p>

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