roger_c._parker Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Has anyone been using the new Olympus E-1 4/3;s digital SLR system yet? It has received good reviews and makes a lot of sense. But, has anyone actually used one to take serious photographs yet? How do members feel about the trade off of high quality for non-compatability with Canon, Nikon lenses? Roger C. Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur_kaplan Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 A olympus rep. told me that there is a aftermarket adapter in Japan that will let you put om lenses on the E-1 Any one have more info on this? Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_bouquet1 Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Re: The OM lens adapter, John Hermanson (Camtech) had a picture of it on his website for a short time, with the explanation that the picture came from a page on Olympus's own website that was only accessible to authorized OM dealers. Then the picture disappeared from his site without further comment. I could speculate that perhaps Olympus asked him to remove it. (?) So the answer to the question about the adapter is definately a possible yes. (Please don't rain down a flurry of questions on John. I'm sure he's very busy, and probably can't give us an official answer anyway. Let's all just wait to see what Olympus has to say.) Remember that an OM lens of any particular focal length will have an angle of view about half as wide when applied in the 4/3 format. So your wider OM lenses will be the most useful, if that adapter turns out to be real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_bouquet1 Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 I should also point out that the understanding is that the adapter is not aftermarket, it's made by Olympus themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Unless, Mark, you enjoy telephoto lenses. In which case, your longer lenses will be more useful. Just a view from a tele-freak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwilburn Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I feel Olympus is making a terrible marketing blunder by not pushing forward an OM adapter for the E-1 and making it broadly available. It may not be optimal to use OM-mount lenses on the E-1, but Olympus has to overcome the image of a company that turned its back on the OM faithful. They're not going about it very convincingly. <p>I personally lost faith in them and picked up the OM-EOS adapter and a Canon 300D. Works great with my Zuikos (see <a href="http://www.pbase.com/gwilburn/lenses" target="_blank"><b>Adapted Lenses</b></a>). I'm happy with the camera and am transitioning to Canon-mount AF lenses. Loved (and still love) the OM, but the E-1 just didn't excite me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_childress Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Got my E-1 a couple of weeks ago and it is the cat's meow. Great images and a wonderful feel. Very fast.Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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