On 6/15/2017 5:20 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:
I do not particularly want a 4/3 system. Micro-4/3 interests me but is
not in my current plans. I have some decent Pentax lenses & was
looking for a body to put them on when I found this:
I, and I think most people using old MF lenses, find mirrorless, such as µ4/3, more useful that DSLR, 4/3. Rather than
trying to focus them through a small Optical VF, you focus on LCD or EVF, where edge contrast detection focus aids and
highly enlarged view options make focusing much easier and more accurate. Just used those today on an E-M5 II, using MF
with an AF lens and focus magnification to nail the starting point for a focus stack, and a Sony A7, to focus a sliver
nose OMZ 50/1.4 and a MF LensBaby Velvet 56.
The whole project would have been really hard on a DSLR, and likely not come
out as well.
The E-620 was a quite nice little DSLR, but it's sensor and electronics are quite dated in performance by now. The IBIS
is also not as good as Oly's later efforts.
I assume too that you have considered the effect of the smaller sensor on your FF lenses?, doubling their effective FL
and using only the center of the image they produce. That can be good, in that aberrations away from the center
disappear. But with some older lenses, the very character one may value also disappears. Generally, they will not
resolve as much detail as later designs optimized for coverage of the smaller sensor.
Also, some FF MF lenses simply don't give good results on smaller sensors, and/or FF mirrorless. I had a Tokina
150-500/5.6 that gave good results on film. Never could get a decent image out of it on a 60D. Some of the reasons are
known, some apparently still mysterious. Suffice it to say that what was a favorite lens on FF film may or may not be on
digital/smaller sensors.
http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/Great-entry-level-DLSR-camera-package-in-excellent-condition-_29258244
The vendor does not say what the body is.
E-620, overpriced.
Four lenses: 14-42, 40-150, 18-180 and 35 macro.
I don't know the others. The 18-180 is a distinct under performer; it's µ4/3 successors, the Oly 14-150, and the Panny
14-140 are much better lenses.
Anyone care to comment?
If you are trying to save money AND get useful value, take a look at used E-M10 bodies. In terms of producing good
quality images and as a home for old FF, MF lenses, it will be a better deal.
No Old Shoes Moose
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