Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, I use both Pentax Takumars and a Leitz Elmarit-R 2.8/28 on my E-510, with different adapters, of course. The adapter for Pentax lenses includes a "chip" that is intended to activate the in-focus dot in the viewfinder. The Leica adapter has no chip. I agree, it is difficult to visually detect proper focus in the 4/3rds viewfinders. For closeup work, I can usually get about one out of two shots in focus. The chip helps when it works properly, but doesn't always work. For most of my recent shots, I have been using the Elmarit lens almost exclusively. At a distance, I usually select ISO 200 and aperture priority, and set the hyperfocal distance on the scale. This lens has a very good focusing scale and focuses down to 12 inches. Since it is by nature a wide-angle lens, it has a tremendous DOF. I have had very good luck with distant images, and have had reasonable success with images down to 12 inches. I have use f/8 as a normal aperture for many of these, and it works pretty well. I have not attempted much closeup work at max aperture. Most of the recent images in my LUG gallery were made with the Elmarit. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at optonline.net> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Cc: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at optonline.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus OM lenses to E500 >I have an Olympus E500 4/3rds DSLR. It has performed admirably with the >Olympus twin lens kit that came with the camera. This last week I tried >using some of my Zukio fixed focal length Olympus OM SLR lenses on the >camera with an Olympus adapter. The results were very mixed. With the >film camera the images were razor sharp. With the DSLR half the pictures >are blurred or out of focus. I know that it is hard to focus the DSLR with >the tiny screen, but even when I stop down I get the same bad results. I >would like to be able to use the OM lenses on the E500. It makes such a >small, neat package. > > I know that some of you are successful at using Leica lenses on Olympus > DSLRS. How do you do it? Can you offer some advice? > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >