Some help with Olympus lenses

photographicDenver

So I have recently invested in an E-30.
After having my EP-1 for a while, I just wanted to play with a bigger Olympus.
Now, what I am curious about, there seems to be soo many adapters
and options for lenses for the Olympus.

What I am looking for are some high quality primes, for as little
money as possible.

I do not care if they are auto focused, and I am hoping to pick them up used.

So I figure the thing to do is to gets a lens adapter, but there are many
to choose from.

Any help?

ziggy53

photographicDenver, welcome to the Digital Grin.

Have you ever shot a totally manual camera before? (Manual focus, aperture and shutter speed.)

photographicDenver

Shooting manually
Thank you Andy. Yes I have. I shoot quite a bit with my old Mamiya RB67, which does not have any modern conveniences. Mostly when I am in the studio working with my Nikons or Canons I work in manual mode. (Except I do use Auto Focus at times).

NikonsandVstroms

35mm Macro learn it, live it, love it

Not the fastest lens but it is dirt cheap and amazingly sharp.

ziggy53

I don't know if the Olympus E-30 can allow AF confirmation, and the camera is really not designed to allow critical focus with the standard viewfinder screen. The Live View mode does have a center zoom capability which should be useful.

I confess that I love many of the older Pentax screwmount/M42 lenses and they are generally inexpensive compared to similar quality lenses available from other manufacturers. Since you can get the M42 to Four-Thirds system adapters I suggest that is potentially the least expensive solution with high quality potential.

Vendors:

http://www.cameraquest.com/adapt_olyE1.htm
http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/product.php?productid=16556 (probably sufficient)

Some examples of M42 lenses on my Canon cameras: