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Vivek
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I think the whole thread is a waste.:banghead:
Hey, I put in a lot of effort to disclose how simply you can make your own adapter!
No, do not wait for me make an adapter for sale. Not gonna happen, ever.
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I think the whole thread is a waste.:banghead:
Hey, I put in a lot of effort to disclose how simply you can make your own adapter!
No, do not wait for me make an adapter for sale. Not gonna happen, ever.
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kiloran
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<-- makes note that sarcasm rarely works in print
And has an extension ring set on the way
And has an extension ring set on the way
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Vivek
Guest
No worries. I might have left out a few of the smilies.
Bravo!<-- has an extension ring set on the way
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kiloran
Guest
Sweet
Just picked up a Pen F and a collection of lenses on eBay, looking forward to playing...
Just picked up a Pen F and a collection of lenses on eBay, looking forward to playing...
Very cool, Kiloran.
The Pen lenses are very well built and so tiny. I don't think I'll ever have to decide what lenses to take on a trip, they are so small, I'll take 'em all.
Came across wallpaper on the Olympus site, listing a 40mm f/3.5 Macro for the Pen F. It's the only reference I've ever seen about this lens. The 38/3.5 Macro is rare enough...does anyone know anything about the 40 Macro?
http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/fun/wallpaper/camera/dl.cfm?id=137&type_id=1&la=en
The Pen lenses are very well built and so tiny. I don't think I'll ever have to decide what lenses to take on a trip, they are so small, I'll take 'em all.
Came across wallpaper on the Olympus site, listing a 40mm f/3.5 Macro for the Pen F. It's the only reference I've ever seen about this lens. The 38/3.5 Macro is rare enough...does anyone know anything about the 40 Macro?
http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/fun/wallpaper/camera/dl.cfm?id=137&type_id=1&la=en
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Vivek
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No clue about the 40/3.5, 1:1, Macro.
The 38/3.5 Macro does not go to 1:1 and would reach about 1:2 on its own. It is superb lens (sharp, high contrast, etc). It is one my all time favorite macro lenses (out of a several dozen) from any system.
There are no flowers around so I cracked a nut.
38/3.5 Zuiko Macro, f/11, 4s tripod, cable release, suitable lighting
and photographed a small (<1cm long) pendant.
38/3.5 Zuiko Macro, f/16, 6s tripod, cable release, suitable lighting
As is the case with most macro shots, lighting is the key. There are literally dozens of macro lenses I can mount/use on the G1 but the size and performance of the 38/3.5 can't be beat.
Something else that is very unique about the 38/3.5 is that this is the only lens that can be mounted DIRECTLY (with a shim, as I mentioned previously) and without an adapter and can be used for infinity to close ranges. This is possible because of the long focus helicoid in the macro lens.:thumbs:
The 38/3.5 Macro does not go to 1:1 and would reach about 1:2 on its own. It is superb lens (sharp, high contrast, etc). It is one my all time favorite macro lenses (out of a several dozen) from any system.
There are no flowers around so I cracked a nut.
38/3.5 Zuiko Macro, f/11, 4s tripod, cable release, suitable lighting
and photographed a small (<1cm long) pendant.
38/3.5 Zuiko Macro, f/16, 6s tripod, cable release, suitable lighting
As is the case with most macro shots, lighting is the key. There are literally dozens of macro lenses I can mount/use on the G1 but the size and performance of the 38/3.5 can't be beat.
Something else that is very unique about the 38/3.5 is that this is the only lens that can be mounted DIRECTLY (with a shim, as I mentioned previously) and without an adapter and can be used for infinity to close ranges. This is possible because of the long focus helicoid in the macro lens.:thumbs:
johnastovall
Deceased, but remembered fondly here...
Any day now, at least according the rumormongers at the British Journal of Photography.
But since it appears neither of its two models will have EVF, I declare it DOA. :lecture:
Most likely at PMA.
johnastovall
Deceased, but remembered fondly here...
Have you gotten a shoe for a carrying case?Sweet
Just picked up a Pen F and a collection of lenses on eBay, looking forward to playing...
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wblynch
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Perhaps Olympus will sell twice as many lenses as m4/3 cameras?
G! owners seem mighty thirsty for lens choices.
johnastovall
Deceased, but remembered fondly here...
The point of the m4/3 for me is not the OEM's lenses but rather all the great legacy lenses out there. To use them, one must have EVF and I would prefer a body that doesn't look like a Faux-dSLR. Olympus seems to have forgotten it's great PEN had view finder which let you see that the lens saw and to focus that lens.
"No matter how capable it may be, any camera you have to hold out in front of you like a tourist is not cool."
Dean Forbes
"No matter how capable it may be, any camera you have to hold out in front of you like a tourist is not cool."
Dean Forbes
m3photo
New member
Re: Primes
I'll second that. A 10.5mm f2 which is as good as the original Zuiko 21mm f2 would be perfect. I really think that although the kit zooms are surprisingly good, this little camera and its sensor would be an ideal match to a good range of fast primes - which is really why we're all out hunting for them on Ebay while we wait for Panasonic to produce them!
Nice macro shots, Vivek.
I've been finishing up my extension tube adapter setup for Pen F lenses for the G1. I removed the black ring on the bayonet to which the lens attaches. This eliminates a tab, and enables the preview button on the lens to stop down to the preset aperture.
Focus wide open, press the preview button right before firing the shutter to stop down. This makes Pen F lenses much easier to work with than adapted M lenses, which of course have never needed a depth of field preview.
I've been finishing up my extension tube adapter setup for Pen F lenses for the G1. I removed the black ring on the bayonet to which the lens attaches. This eliminates a tab, and enables the preview button on the lens to stop down to the preset aperture.
Focus wide open, press the preview button right before firing the shutter to stop down. This makes Pen F lenses much easier to work with than adapted M lenses, which of course have never needed a depth of field preview.
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Vivek
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Thanks, Robert.
The adapter I show does not have that black ring (well, I received one set of extension rings without that) and allows for the lens depth of preview button to be used for stopping down. I have another adapter that does have the ring. This is useful for using a macro lens when used with a cable release.
The adapter I show does not have that black ring (well, I received one set of extension rings without that) and allows for the lens depth of preview button to be used for stopping down. I have another adapter that does have the ring. This is useful for using a macro lens when used with a cable release.
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Vivek
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As with all other pen F lenses, the 38/3.5 Macro also makes an excellent fit for the m4/3rds mount.
G1, pen F 38/3.5, f/3.5, mirror reflection
Bokeh from this lens on digital (as opposed to film) is creamy smooth.
G1, pen F 38/3.5, f/3.5, mirror reflection
Bokeh from this lens on digital (as opposed to film) is creamy smooth.
clay stewart
New member
I thought that way, when I first got the GX100, so I got the external finder, which pretty much sucked for me. Then I got to liking the LCD for framing and later got the GRD2.
I think for things like street shooting, looking like a tourist tends to put people at ease. I came to really like framing on the LCD, as a much more casual and discreet way of shooting. I guess for me it all depends on how easy the LCD is to see in the daylight.