Ario Arioldi
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Carl: Like you, I didn't think I'd be back to MFT! But, here we are. Great set of photos. I esp. like this one.I didn't think that I would ever re-visit m43 world again, but here I am ready for another try. I got tired of waiting for Sony to implement firmware fixes for the NEX7 (notably auto ISO and the dreaded video button). After seeing the great image quality that people have been producing here with the OMD I caved in to temptation once again and decided to grab a nice little black OMD that showed up in stock at a favorite camera store. I'm shooting now primarily with legacy lenses and old adapters that I still have from my previous bout with m43 cameras. IBIS was a major factor in my decision to go with the OMD.
A few first samples using various lenses. The old M adapter I had would not focus to infinity on the OMD, so that needs to be replaced.
Konica AR 50mm f/1.7 Hexanon
Contax G 90mm f/2.8 Sonnar
Thank you Matt. I've been enjoying your images as well. You've done some nice work with that Oly 12mm.Carl: Like you, I didn't think I'd be back to MFT! But, here we are. Great set of photos. I esp. like this one.
Cheers, Matt
Zenfolio | Matt Driscoll
Hi Rafael;OM-D with Micro-Nikkor 200/4, from the Botanical Garden in Leuven ...
C U,
Rafael
Matt.....I would venture a guess that you are asking the wrong group.GAS is a killer. The camera hasn't arrived yet, and I'm already looking at Leica zoom listings. Is resistance futile? Do I have to ask?
...sigh... :loco:
Matt
You should rather look at all the nice mft primes, like the Olympus 12mm, the Panasonic 20mm and 25mm, the Olympus 45mm and 75mm. They are light and sharp ande won't cost you as much as a Leica R lens, even second hand; for me these huge heavy zooms entirely defeat the purpose of getting a small and light mft camera. If one has that kind of legacy glas left orphan in a cupboard, then it makes sense and will be fun to get an adapter and try, but now that there are so many nice native lenses for the format they aren't worth buying, unless they are dirty cheap and you want some fun.GAS is a killer. The camera hasn't arrived yet, and I'm already looking at Leica zoom listings. Is resistance futile? Do I have to ask?
...sigh... :loco:
Matt
Hi, Annna,I'll have to try them again on the OM-D to see how they will perform
Oh, I agree that a large zoom defeats the purpose, and the major point of the OM-D over the M9 for me is the AF, but GAS is never about what makes sense. :ROTFL:You should rather look at all the nice mft primes, like the Olympus 12mm, the Panasonic 20mm and 25mm, the Olympus 45mm and 75mm. They are light and sharp ande won't cost you as much as a Leica R lens, even second hand; for me these huge heavy zooms entirely defeat the purpose of getting a small and light mft camera. If one has that kind of legacy glas left orphan in a cupboard, then it makes sense and will be fun to get an adapter and try, but now that there are so many nice native lenses for the format they aren't worth buying, unless they are dirty cheap and you want some fun.
The small RF lenses of the M format makes more sense and there are some good small and light Voigtländer lenses around, or even M lenses. I had Contax G lenses left over from the film time and they are tack sharp and light too, but finicky to se. I don't have the same satisfaction out of my M lenses because they were faster and thus heavier, too heavy for the small mft bodies. I'll have to try them again on the OM-D to see how they will perform, but they were deceiving on the Pens and G3. They just produced ordinary results, without that wow factor they showed on film, to the point that I don't use them anymore, while I'm still using the Zeiss Contax G lenses (at least the two ones I can mount on the mft cameras) and love them.