Thanks Moose and Garth for the replies, wish I had known earlier, just lost
a few lenses on ebay.
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 11:18 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Introduction
> Phil wrote:
> > Hi Just a quick introduction, I was recommended her by one of the
regulars.
> > I am from Essex in the uk, have just aquired an E1 folloowing the demise
of
> > my E500
>
> Welcome to the List, Phil.
>
> > Just looking to learn from people and make some new friends
> >
> > First question
> >
> > On looking to buy an OM adapter, the sales guys metioned that many of
the OM
> > lenses dont work fully on
> > the E500, in that not all apertures work etc, can anyone give any more
info.
>
> The sales guy(s) was/were smoking crack. Manual OM-system lenses work
> just fine on an E-1 or E-500. I started off with the E-1 and a slew of
> OM lenses, and after half a year I've broken down and bought a Digital
> Zuiko 14-54, but I still use OM lenses with the E-1 as well. In fact,
> my four faves are the Zuiko 21/2.0, 50/1.2, 90/2.0 macro and 100/2.0.
> The 90 and 100 are so sharp, you could cut yourself on the images, even
> with the E-1's overly-aggressive anti-aliasing filter.
>
> If by "don't work" they meant "At large apertures, you may have to put
> in some exposure compensation," then yes, in that sense, they "don't
> work." But in practise, if you tend to shoot at middle apertures
> anyways (say, from F/2.8 to F/11 on a lens that starts at F/2.0), the
> difference in exposure values will oftentimes be so small that you won't
> be able to tell the difference. I typically set my E-1 to Aperture
> priority when I use OM lenses -- thus, changing the aperture (which is
> fully manual on the E-1 when using OM lenses) automatically alters the
> shutter speed to give you a correct exposure.
>
> In any case, I've dialed in a permanent 1/3rd stop underexposure,
> because I don't like blown highlights. They're easy to check for by
> chimping your E-1's rear display.
>
> The venerable Moose, in another reply to your initial e-mail to the
> List, says this:
>
> > OM=> 4/3 adapters are available from many different sources, ranging
> > from about $20 to over $100. Since the adapter is only for mechanical
> > connection and has no moving parts, there is no reason for it to be
> > expensive.
>
> My response to this would be "Fit and Finish." In other words,
> third-party adapters are probably reverse-engineered from the Olympus
> Digital->OM adapter known as the MF-1. Since the MF-1 itself is an
> Olympus re-issue of an earlier adapter (the ME-1, I believe) which was
> necessitated by the earlier adapter being ever-so-slightly "off," that
> tells me that the fit and finish is crucial to get the lens-to-image
> plane registration distance exactly correct. I'd go with an actual MF-1
> myself (in fact, I did, and I'm extremely happy with it). YMMV. I paid
> $99.00 CDN for mine at a local pro shop here in Calgary.
>
> Hope this helps. There are many people on this List who use the E-1
> both with OM-System and Digital Zuiko lenses, which oughta tell you
> something. ;-)
>
>
> Garth
>
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