how many g1 users sticking with 4/3 lenses only?

[back alley]

i was all excited when i found out i could use my m lenses with my g1 and could not wait till my m43>m adapter arrived...but now i seem to only use the 4/3 lenses and mostly the 14-45 lens while the 45-200 sits.

how about you other g1 owners, same thing or are the m lenses still calling you?

joe

 

[scho]

i was all excited when i found out i could use my m lenses with my g1 and could not wait till my m43>m adapter arrived...but now i seem to only use the 4/3 lenses and mostly the 14-45 lens while the 45-200 sits.

how about you other g1 owners, same thing or are the m lenses still calling you?

joe

Hi Joe, The 14-45 is a great performer on the G1 and tough to beat with any MF lenses. It is also my go-to lens but I do occasionally use the CV 75 Heliar, 40 Nokton, or more often the 40mm AR Konica or 50mm 1.2 and 24mm f/2.8 Canon FD lenses. I think that the manual focus Canon FD and Konica AR SLR lenses perform better than the M lenses on the G1.
Regards,
Carl

 

[back alley]

carl, i see your pics at dpi and they are phenomenal. you are a much more considered and careful shooter than i.

even though it is easy to focus m lenses on the g1 i find that i grab it more for the lazy times when i want auto everything from the camera.

 

[mawz]

i was all excited when i found out i could use my m lenses with my g1 and could not wait till my m43>m adapter arrived...but now i seem to only use the 4/3 lenses and mostly the 14-45 lens while the 45-200 sits.

how about you other g1 owners, same thing or are the m lenses still calling you?

joe

I tend to use the 14-45 when I want wide-angles and the Zuiko 40-150 for longer stuff, but my go-to lenses on the G1 are the Zeiss Planar 50/1.4 in C/Y mount, the Voigtlander 40/2 Ultron in AI-P mount and the Tamron 28/2.5 Adaptall-2. The Planar in particular is just lovely on the G1.

I'll be adding M lenses soon, but I just got my M adapter yesterday and it's been a while since I've had any RF glass lying around (Never should have traded that Zorki 4k for 15 rolls of VPSIII in 120. Hated the camera, but the Jupiter-8 was a gem).

 

[splitimageview]

My most used lens is not technically an M mount lens, but I have to use an M adapter with it - Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 in Contax RF mount. It works with a Contax RF to M adapter, and the M to micro 4/3 adapter.

The kit is nice, if it were faster, it would probably never leave the camera.

 

[back alley]

i should have worded this differently..for me it's the m mount as that is all i have but i was meaning more like - who is using the 4/3 lenses vs 'other' lenses.

it would seem that you all like other lenses as well as the 4/3.

 

[splitimageview]

I have shot maybe 10% with the kit, the rest with adapted manual focus lenses.

 

[back alley]

i love that 14-45 lens.

can't wait for the 20/1.7 though, for winter shooting as it seems dark most of the time up here.

i didn't realize you were an oly dealer bob.
a man of many talents...

 

[RayPA]

good question, but I would narrow that down to Micro 4/3 lenses. The 14-45 is my only m4/3 lens. I like it, but I use mostly M and LTM. Are any other Micro 4/3 lenses available, yet? I thought I was still waiting for the 20/1.7.


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[back alley]

the 45-200 is a micro 4/3 lens too.

small and sharp.

 

[DRabbit]

I already pre-ordered the new Olympus E-P1 (with 17mm f/2.8) and hope to use my M-glass on it (going to order adaptor tomorrow). I'm certainly anxious to try them out on m4/3.

 

[mawz]

good question, but I would narrow that down to Micro 4/3 lenses. The 14-45 is my only m4/3 lens. I like it, but I use mostly M and LTM. Are any other Micro 4/3 lenses available, yet? I thought I was still waiting for the 20/1.7.


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The 45-200 OIS is widely available, the 14-140 HD OIS and 7-14 f4 have limited availability but should be widely available soon.

Note a number of the 4/3rds lenses are effectively native with the MA1 adapter (You get full function including AF and OIS if equipped), these include the Oly 40-150 f4-5.6, 25/2.8 pancake, 9-18, small 14-42, 70-300, 14-54 II and the Panasonic/Leica 14-150 OIS, 14-50 f3.8-5.6 OIS and 25/1.4. Basically any lens which support Imager AF is fully supported.

 

[KEH]

I have tended to play around with various adapters/lenses, even though the kit lens is superb. Here is some recent stuff with Contax, CV and Olympus lenses:

http://kirkh.smugmug.com/gallery/8479184_hqNR5#557574363_o6mTc

Cheers,
Kirk

 

[JoeV]

I use the 14-45 exclusively, it being my only u4/3 lens. Would love to adapt my old Minolta MD glass, but only for telephoto uses. I'm really liking the kit lens at the 14mm f.l., but would like a faster lens (<f/2.0) for shooting in low light with minimal DOF.

~Joe

 

[Tom Diaz]

i was all excited when i found out i could use my m lenses with my g1 and could not wait till my m43>m adapter arrived...but now i seem to only use the 4/3 lenses and mostly the 14-45 lens while the 45-200 sits.

how about you other g1 owners, same thing or are the m lenses still calling you?

joe

I admit that my G1 is pretty new and I've been busy. However, from messing around, I think two frequently used lenses will be the 28mm f/2 Summicron and (for autofocus, albeit a little noisy) the 25mm f/1.4 Summilux. The Summilux really is a fine lens and gets into dark corners very well. It's big and bulky, but the package is still a lot more hand-holdable than a Digilux 3 with the same lens (and higher res, for what that's worth).

I also think the kit lens is great, but I shoot in available light quite a lot. Like others I'm eager for the 20mm f/1.7, the 17mm f/2.8, or both.

Tom

 

[Audii-Dudii]

My favorite lens on my G1 so far is the 14-50 Vario-Elmarit kit lens borrowed from my DMC-L1, with my Nikon F-mount CV 12mm (show below) a clear second and Nikon F-mount CV 15mm a solid third. In fact, I haven't used the G1's kit lens for a few weeks now...

 

[BigOwl]

I use primarily the 14-45 and 45-200 kit lenses. For portraits with shallow DOF, I get pretty good results using an LTM adapter and a Jupiter 3 either wide open or stopped down to f2.

 

[sebastel]

current favourites:
c-sonnar
olympus 9-18mm

 

[Tuolumne]

I mostly use the 14-45 kit lens. I use the longer 45-200 for nature shots and theater closeups. I use my fast manual m-mount lenses for their faster speed in theater shooting. You just can't shoot the kit lens under theater lights and freeze action. It's too slow.

/T

 

[Frank Petronio]

Waiting for that 20mm prime... why they don't get that baby out sooner defies logic.

I really love mine, I didn't think I would but it's great, other than the legacy 45mb dng files and the just a bit too small/plastic build. They should come out with a larger "pro" model with less features, lol, but they just don't "get it".