Check out the E-P1 with cosina/voigtlander and OM lenses!

[Trius]

you don't have to worry about the lens blocking part of the viewfinder

ROTFLMAO!!!

 

[Rurouni]

How are your finding the Canon 0.95 on the EP-1? Easy to focus?

 

[AJShepherd]

Yes, here is the camera mounted onto the lens.

Sweet! Hope you'll post something taken using that combination.

 

[Mattikk]

 

[wallace]

will there be an adaptor for 39mm screw mount?

wallace

 

[johannielscom]

I won't buy the E-P1, I would have trouble finding the right end of the lens when going out shooting

 

[AJShepherd]

Mattikk just found the most ludicrous combination on that site.
A case of "Dude, where's my camera?"

Wallace: I would expect that the L39 adaptor to fit them to M mount bodies will work with M mount adaptors to MFT. As I already have the L39 adaptor to use some screw thread lenses with my Voigtlander R3A, I'm planning on using it, and those lenses (the 75mm color Heliar would make a very compact 150mm(eq) prime telephoto) when I get my M mount adaptor for my E-P1.

 

[gdi]

Yes, here is the camera mounted onto the lens.

Robert, could you post a shot of the G1 on the 0.95 for comparison?

 

[splitimageview]

Yes, just hold the focus ring on the lens, and rotate the camera.

Actually yes, the manual focus works very well, although it's easier on the G1 due to the viewfinder.

How are your finding the Canon 0.95 on the EP-1? Easy to focus?

 

[splitimageview]

Here is a quickee iPhone shot.

Robert, could you post a shot of the G1 on the 0.95 for comparison?

 

[gdi]

Here is a quickee iPhone shot.

Thanks - the G1 doesn't seem quite so over burdened as the Oly!

 

[Tom Diaz]

That is the same process as on the Panny G1 I believe. There is an auto magnification function, but it only works when you are manually focusing the AF lenses.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

You're right about the Panasonic, and the auto-magnification works with some (not all) autofocusing 4/3 lenses. (There's a compatibility chart on the Panasonic support web site that gives you the gory details.)

One lens that this feature does work with is the excellent Panasonic/Leica 25mm f/1.4 Summilux. I hope to be doing a lot of shooting with it this weekend, actually. It's a big lens on the G1, but still, the combination is very nice to use.

With other 4/3 lenses, and all manual focus lenses (such as Leica M lenses), you push a button (left arrow) on the camera that brings up a target frame, and then another button (OK) to magnify it. On the G1, pushing the shutter button returns the viewfinder to normal magnification, a nice & perhaps necessary feature. I hope the E-P1 feature is at least as easy to use. THe G1 is OK except that the buttons are a little close to your face when you have the camera at eye level.


Tom

 

[hkrz]

I'm not an expert, but from what I've read on 4/3 sites is that. Panasonic adapter will allow for automatic detection of manual focus on m lenses.

I just had a look at my Nokton Classic and an idea came to me that, you just need a sensor that detects a rangefinder coupling movement. It doesn't seem impossible to implement for rangefinder coupled lenses as no electronic communication is required. What do you think?

 

[Pickett Wilson]

I think I read that the E-P1 doesn't return to normal when you push the shutter button.

As for an adapter automatically triggering magnification, I can't quite figure how that would work.

 

[rover]

I don't think the Panny adaptor allows for auto mag with MF lenses. Bummer
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0905/09052101panasonicadaptors.asp#press

 

[zeroeseight]

Came across the below, where can see nokton 1.1 and some other lens mounted
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minami/

 

[nemjo]

why not pen lenses...

why not pen lenses...

I wonder why everybody plan/use VC and/or OM lenses, when there are the Pen lenses...
I don't have nor plan to buy an E-P1 but find to use Pen lenses on the G1 quite funny...

The cats were captured with the G1 and the Pen 100/3.5 on it.


nemjo



hey, it's not a Panny, rather Penny...

 

[DRabbit]

http://www.four-thirds.org/en/products/matching/index.html

Check it out with the new CV heliar 15mm and the 35mm 1.2 nokton/50mm f1.1 nokton. So sexy. I'll be seriously considering that 15mm heliar as a little lightweight high quality package. and the 35mm nokton as the portrait prime.

Manual focus is supposed to be very easy with the auto magnified view on the E-p1 screen - should be good.

That is all.

I have the CV 15mm f/4.5 Heliar and it's a great little lens.
But on the E-P1 (or G1 for that matter) you are not going to get as good edge sharpness/resolution. There's a whole big technical reason for it that someone just explained to me (something about light coming in straight vs. on an angle) and it made sense.

Honestly, I think lenses wider than 30mm (or so) may present some of these problems. There's also no point. The 14-42mm (which would cover the same range at f/4.5) is not a big lens. You really don't gain anything.

Here's a shot I took the the Heliar. If you look at the boat on the right, you can see the bit of weirdness. I did not shoot a lot of shots with the lens, so I wouldn't listen to me as the final judge... but it seems generally accepted that if you're going to use M-glass, stick to the longer ones.

 

[Sam N]

The kit zoom is pretty sharp, so there probably isn't much point in using wide and slow M-mount lenses. The more exciting M lenses (to me) are the fast ones, whatever the focal length may be. The CV 35/1.4 looks pretty nice, though it may feel weird using the focusing tab without holding the camera up to your face.

We really need Panny or Oly to make a 10mm/4 or 9/4 that's no bigger than the kit zoom (and under $500 please). The 7-14 is nice, but expensive and still very large on the E-P1.

 

[DRabbit]

I agree with you Sam... using the CV 15mm Heliar seems pointless... there's really no clear advantage.

However, I've been using my Zeiss 35mm f/2 and love it... and don't find the tab focusing awkward at all (without a VF). I think the CV 35mm or 40mm 1.4 Nokton would be very nice (I'm considering one myself!)