OMD and Zuiko 50mm f1.2 together at last!

[Keith]

I've been wanting to try my 50mm f1.2 Zuiko on the OMD since I got the little Oly and today my eBay OM to MFT adapter finally arrived in the mail.

All at f1.2 and 1600 ISO ... converted from raw to monochrome tifs in Olympus Viewer 2 and levels etc adjusted in ACDSee Pro 3.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Nice! I am holding out for a Pen Zuiko 42/1.2, myself...

 

[Keith]

Nice! I am holding out for a Pen Zuiko 42/1.2, myself...

That should be a very nice focal length on the MFT sensor ... what are you expecting to pay for one of those?

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Hoping to keep it under 500 USD. They do come up fairly often on eBay. Not on KEH though. I'm kind of surprised to see that the OM system 1.2's are going for that much, too.

I should never have sold my Pen 60/1.5. One of my very few gear exchange regrets.

 

[DamenS]

Beautiful dreamy, softness (spherical aberrations or "Leica Glow" or whatever you want to call it). Looks like a great portrait lens wide-open, and I'm sure it'd be pretty sharp a few stops down ... I'm guessing it's probably cheaper than a Zeiss Sonnar 50mm f1.5 too ...

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Wow, Keith! That little OMD takes on the focusing challenges of that lens perfectly!!

 

[Cron]

seems to be a nice lens!
Which adapter did you use? Any problems with infinity?
I'm waiting for my Oly 2/85 and the results it will give paired with OM-D ;-)

 

[Keith]

seems to be a nice lens!
Which adapter did you use? Any problems with infinity?
I'm waiting for my Oly 2/85 and the results it will give paired with OM-D ;-)

I just had a look and there's nothing on the adapter at all that I can see ... so probably Chinese origin. It cost around thirty dollars and it seems fine regarding infinity and the quality is excellent.

 

[Keith]

Wow, Keith! That little OMD takes on the focusing challenges of that lens perfectly!!

It's no harder to focus on the OMD than it is on my OM-1. It's one of those lenses that I do tend to miss focus on occasionally when the light is gloomy but the way the OMD finder brightens dark scenes actually seems to make it easier. I only took a few shots today and I didn't miss focus on one of them which isn't always the case when I use it on a film body.

 

[Keith]

Beautiful dreamy, softness (spherical aberrations or "Leica Glow" or whatever you want to call it). Looks like a great portrait lens wide-open, and I'm sure it'd be pretty sharp a few stops down ... I'm guessing it's probably cheaper than a Zeiss Sonnar 50mm f1.5 too ...

It wasn't exactly a cheap lens at $500.00 US when I got it a few years ago ... and I have noticed that it gets noticably sharper at f2. It also doesn't look outrageously large on the OMD which surprised me!

 

[Cron]

I just had a look and there's nothing on the adapter at all that I can see ... so probably Chinese origin. It cost around thirty dollars and it seems fine regarding infinity and the quality is excellent.

thank you!