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Re: [OM] DX 14-54 on MFT

Subject: Re: [OM] DX 14-54 on MFT
From: Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:30:14 -0700
I have an original 14-54 "Standard 4/3" lens (not optimized for Contrast 
Detect). I've tried it a few times on my E-M5. It goes 
"chik-chik-brrrrrrrt" and converges into focus in about 1.5-2 seconds. 
Too slow for people and critters, but fine for stationary stuff. The 
optical quality is very good--Oly made that lens for more megapixels 
than the E-1 it came with.

I met another E-M5 owner at the Naples, Florida botanical gardens last 
week--he saw I had the same camera and wanted to compare notes. He was 
using the Mark II 14-54. He said the combination was great, the lens 
rarely came off the camera, and he'd even shot a couple of weddings with 
it.

I'm currently trying to decide whether to keep or sell the lens, since I 
mostly use the fast Oly/Panny primes and occasionally the old, slow 
14-45 Panny zoom from my original G1. I won't be using it much on the 
E-M5 because of the AF slowness, and also because I use a John Milich 
grip on the E-M5. My big long fingers get stuck between the grip and the 
lens. :-)

What I do will probably depend on whether I upgrade(?) to an E-M1 or 
not, and the jury is still out on that.

--Peter



 > The DZ 14-54 on the Panny FT-MFT adapter, on the E-M5
 >
 >
 > Paul Braun
 > Certified Music Junkie
 >
 > "It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
 >
 > "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold 
Auerbach
 >
 > On Mar 5, 2014, at 16:21, Ken Norton wrote:
 >
 > >> OK, 'splain me something. I thought if I hung the DX 15-54 on the 
Panny
 > >> OM_MFT adapter and used it with the E-M5, that all of the electrical
 > >> bits were supposed to talk to each other and the lens should do the
 > >> focusey/f-stoppey thing. Sadly, that seems not to be the case.
 > >
 > > OM to micro Four-Thirds or Four-Thirds to micro Four-Thirds?
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > --
 > > Ken Norton

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