Legacy Lens for Street P/J? YES!

misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
edited October 22, 2010 in Street and Documentary
After looking at the "street shots" I took in LR3, I discovered that *most* were in the focal length of ~50-55mm.. which with the Olympus cropped sensor would equal a 25mm legacy lens. I obtained a OM 35mm f2 legacy lens and wanted to see how good it is with the E-30.. so I got the Fotodiox OM-4/3 adapter and shot some very quick photo's as a test.

My normal NIK workflow was used:

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Any opinions?

BTW- it was quite easy to do.. and your digital won't know any better, and the legacy lens (although old) will feel useful again! Just like me.

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2010
    misterb wrote: »
    After looking at the "street shots" I took in LR3, I discovered that *most* were in the focal length of ~50-55mm.. which with the Olympus cropped sensor would equal a 25mm legacy lens. I obtained a OM 35mm f2 legacy lens and wanted to see how good it is with the E-30.. so I got the Fotodiox OM-4/3 adapter and shot some very quick photo's as a test.

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    Any opinions?

    BTW- it was quite easy to do.. and your digital won't know any better, and the legacy lens (although old) will feel useful again! Just like me.

    Olympus always produced great glass - and a few dogs, but who's complaining. The only draw back to using the manual lenses on the digi bodies is the need to manually focus and stop down. But good glass is good glass. I use Olympus digital lenses with an adapter on my micro 4/3 GF1 body and get terrific results. No need to let those old lenses go to waste. :-)
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2010
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Olympus always produced great glass - and a few dogs, but who's complaining. The only draw back to using the manual lenses on the digi bodies is the need to manually focus and stop down. But good glass is good glass. I use Olympus digital lenses with an adapter on my micro 4/3 GF1 body and get terrific results. No need to let those old lenses go to waste. :-)

    The funny thing is- construction wise, the old stuff is really well made.

    I had them both in my hands (digital and legacy) and the legacy stuff seems solid and substantial. I know the weight is intentionally reduced in the new stuff- but it's hard to put to words. Even the finish is still elegant after 25 years!
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2010
    The pine bough image is stunning.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
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