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It's a combo I've been thinking about, particularly since that lens would be useful on my Nikon DX bodies. If I should choose something around that range only for the E-M1, I would rather go for the Zuiko 14-35mm f/2.0 4/3. The lens is somewhat more expensive, but of stellar quality, and there's no need for a Speed Booster. The 14-35mm will also AF with the E-M1.If you want to have some fun with adapted lenses on the E-M1, I found this combo works really well.
Adapted Sigma EF DC 18-35mm Art f1.8 to m43: Adapted Lens Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
It may not have the range of a four thirds 14-50, but for those who wants narrow depth of field on their m43, this is definitely the way to go. Love how this lens combo, has near perfect autofocus on the E-M1
true, different application for different lenses. The zuiko 14-35 has larger range, and also is able to c-af on the E-M1.It's a combo I've been thinking about, particularly since that lens would be useful on my Nikon DX bodies. If I should choose something around that range only for the E-M1, I would rather go for the Zuiko 14-35mm f/2.0 4/3. The lens is somewhat more expensive, but of stellar quality, and there's no need for a Speed Booster. The 14-35mm will also AF with the E-M1.
Both? :ROTFL: :ROTFL: :ROTFL:true, different application for different lenses. The zuiko 14-35 has larger range, and also is able to c-af on the E-M1.
The Sigma 18-35 with speed booster becomes a 13-25 f1.2. Sigma can only S-AF but will work best in low light, plus the faster aperture allows narrower depth of field.
The E-M1 + MMF-3 works beautifully with all my FourThirds SLR lenses: ZD 11-22/2.8-3.5 (my favorite!), ZD 25/2.8, ZD 35/3.5 Macro, and ZD 50-200/2.8-3.5 (v1). It also works beautifully with the latter two and the EC-14, and the 50-200 with the EX-25 as well. Autofocus is fast and accurate with all of them, actually faster and more accurate than they are with the E-1 (which I still have).Technically, this is fun, isn't it, and there is an E-M1 involved, right? I've always wanted to try this combo (E-M1 with PanaLeica 14-50mm f/2.8-3.5 in 4/3 mount), and when a 13,000 click body appeared for less than $500 at the shop where I'm currently selling my D810 and 200-500mm (long story, I'm not leaving Nikon), the temptation became too much.
I still have a functional GH1 and the more or less unused GM5, and will probably buy the Samyang fisheye later. Apart from that, time will show. A Speed Booster for the OM lenses may be in the cards
The Summilux-D 25/1.4 ASPH is one lens I would really like to have, but the price is prohibitive even now, mostly from $800-1,200. The good 4/3-lenses are some of the best ever made, and I much prefer these optically corrected lenses to the m4/3-lenses that are mostly corrected in software.The E-M1 + MMF-3 works beautifully with all my FourThirds SLR lenses: ZD 11-22/2.8-3.5 (my favorite!), ZD 25/2.8, ZD 35/3.5 Macro, and ZD 50-200/2.8-3.5 (v1). It also works beautifully with the latter two and the EC-14, and the 50-200 with the EX-25 as well. Autofocus is fast and accurate with all of them, actually faster and more accurate than they are with the E-1 (which I still have).
(I sold my Summilux-D 25/1.4 ASPH and Vario-Elmarit-D 14-50/2.8-3.5 ASPH OIS when I sold the L1s and the bulk of the E-5 kit some years back. The 11-22, 25/2.8, and 35 Macro are the same lenses I bought new, I re-acquired the 50-200, EC-14, and EX-25 after I got the E-M1. I replaced the Summilux-D with the Summilux-DG, which is almost literally half the size and weight of the FT lens.)
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I too have the 50-200 (v1) and it has performed superbly on the E-M1. I have heard alot of good things about the summilux-D 25/1.4. Some say it is better than the newer DG version, not sure why though.The E-M1 + MMF-3 works beautifully with all my FourThirds SLR lenses: ZD 11-22/2.8-3.5 (my favorite!), ZD 25/2.8, ZD 35/3.5 Macro, and ZD 50-200/2.8-3.5 (v1). It also works beautifully with the latter two and the EC-14, and the 50-200 with the EX-25 as well. Autofocus is fast and accurate with all of them, actually faster and more accurate than they are with the E-1 (which I still have).
(I sold my Summilux-D 25/1.4 ASPH and Vario-Elmarit-D 14-50/2.8-3.5 ASPH OIS when I sold the L1s and the bulk of the E-5 kit some years back. The 11-22, 25/2.8, and 35 Macro are the same lenses I bought new, I re-acquired the 50-200, EC-14, and EX-25 after I got the E-M1. I replaced the Summilux-D with the Summilux-DG, which is almost literally half the size and weight of the FT lens.)
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Alot of GAS for your shopping list!Both? :ROTFL: :ROTFL: :ROTFL:
Seriously, I think the Sigma (that I shouldn't buy) on the D5500 that I haven't bought yet (and shouldn't buy) and the Zuiko (that I shouldn't buy as well) on the E-M1.
These are two seriously good lenses, and would be extremely interesting to try out and compare.
The Summilux-D 25/1.4 ASPH is one lens I would really like to have, but the price is prohibitive even now, mostly from $800-1,200. The good 4/3-lenses are some of the best ever made, and I much prefer these optically corrected lenses to the m4/3-lenses that are mostly corrected in software.
Having owned and used both lenses extensively, they are both exceptional performers and they do render slightly differently one to the other. The Summilux-D 25mm also has the embedded lens correction that the Summilux-DG 25mm has: the Summilux and other Panasonic/Leica FT SLR lenses were developed just about the same time that Olympus/Panasonic had completed the Micro-FourThirds lens protocol specification, and all the Panasonic FourThirds lenses except for the original Vario-Elmarit-D 14-50/2.8-3.5 ASPH were equipped with the lens correction parameters in the lens firmware. I noticed this immediately when I was shooting with both the L1 SLR and the G1 mFT bodies: with the G1, I didn't need to do any lateral chromatic aberration correction with this lens where with the L1 it needed just a little touch of that correction to produce identical results.I too have the 50-200 (v1) and it has performed superbly on the E-M1. I have heard alot of good things about the summilux-D 25/1.4. Some say it is better than the newer DG version, not sure why though.