Bill Pierce
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Who has information on adapter for M lenses to the Panasonic G1 body beyond that on the Cameraquest site?
sam_m
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scottwallick
ambition ≥ skill
Just saw a write up on the Online Photographer.
Al Patterson
Ferroequinologist
I'm liking the concept of both the M and FD adapters. So, all of my old lenses will work on this system. Now if only we had a cheaper M4/3 body.
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Abbazz
6x9 and be there!
Some links to adapters for Leica-M, Canon FD, C-Mount and even Pentax 110 lenses 
in this thread:
http://forum.manualfocus.org/viewtopic.php?id=12408
Cheers!
Abbazz
in this thread:http://forum.manualfocus.org/viewtopic.php?id=12408
Cheers!
Abbazz
flessas
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scottwallick
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OT, possibly, but I'd like to see different 35mm focal lengths translated to the focal lengths for the G1 sensor. I'm assuming they will differ depending on the mount/adapter, i.e., Will a 28mm M-mount lens provide a different focal length than, let's say, a 28mm Nikon F-mount lens using the different adapters on the G1?
Colman
Established
It's a 2x crop factor: the mount adaptors will need to arrange that the plane of focus of the lenses is on the sensor, so they should be the distance away from the sensor they were designed to be from film, shouldn't they?
Bill Pierce
Well-known
Since I'm deeply ignorant, any information is useful.
What lenses can be adapted would be the obvious one.
Actually, I'm interested in knowing what lenses can be adapted to this body, but I'm just as interested in knowing about the ability of any camera to accept lenses from a variety of manufacturers. I know this is probably of most interest to SLR users, but I've used some weird combinations like Zeiss microscope lenses on a Visoflex and Leitz R lenses on Canons that outperformed what I was able to get on the manufacturer's straight and narrow.
Bill
noimmunity
scratch my niche
This thread http://photo.net/olympus-camera-forum/00RU2K has photos and discusses the G1 + M lens adapter ... (I wish I knew how to insert a link as hypertext...)
infrequent
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whoa...imagine a 100/0.95 noctilux!
still waiting for the oly offerings. this one is...how shall i put it...teh ugly. wish it didn't have the faux slr contours.
still waiting for the oly offerings. this one is...how shall i put it...teh ugly. wish it didn't have the faux slr contours.
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
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Hell, it might even go all the way to 56, you never know!
Hi Bill,
Like the earlier 4/3 cameras, Micro 4/3 adapted lenses will have infinity focus and stop down manual aperture control. For the newbies, that means the smaller the aperture the darker the focusing screen, and the harder it will be to focus. Focal length of course will not change, but with the smaller format, a 35mm Leica lens will give roughly 1/2 the 35mm film format field of view on a Micro 4/3 camera. So an adapted 50/1.4 Leica M lens would have the field of view of a 100/1.4 on the Micro 4/3 body. Which lenses can you adapt? Probably 99% of them will mount on the adapter, but of course there will be some exceptions.
Most (but perhaps not all) 4/3 and Micro 4/3 bodies mounting adapted lenses will have TTL metering in manual match LED or Aperture priority modes, as well as TTL flash at shooting aperture using basic center weighted metering. Spot metering and matrix metering will seldom be available via adapted lenses.
The interesting thing to me is that the Micro 4/3 body via adapters will allow SLR focusing for the FIRST TIME on a digital body (WITHOUT glass in the adapter that would degrade the images) for Leica M, Canon FL/FD, and Olympus Pen F lenses! To me, this is a real big deal.
Initially I will have Leica M and Canon FL/FD adapters in late January. $175 + shipping. Over time most other popular SLR lenses will likely be added, if sales justify it. Carrying a film Leica M rangefinder and a digital Micro 4/3 camera in the same bag, using the same lenses strikes me as a very attractive way to go.
I understand 4/3 camera manufacturers are making a 4/3 lens to Micro 4/3 body adapter. That means you can add your 4/3 adapter (say Nikon SLR) to your 4/3 to Micro 4/3 adapter, and mount it on your Micro 4/3 camera. OF course having two adapters stacked will be a bit bigger and heavier than using a single adapter to your Micro 4/3 camera.
Stephen
Like the earlier 4/3 cameras, Micro 4/3 adapted lenses will have infinity focus and stop down manual aperture control. For the newbies, that means the smaller the aperture the darker the focusing screen, and the harder it will be to focus. Focal length of course will not change, but with the smaller format, a 35mm Leica lens will give roughly 1/2 the 35mm film format field of view on a Micro 4/3 camera. So an adapted 50/1.4 Leica M lens would have the field of view of a 100/1.4 on the Micro 4/3 body. Which lenses can you adapt? Probably 99% of them will mount on the adapter, but of course there will be some exceptions.
Most (but perhaps not all) 4/3 and Micro 4/3 bodies mounting adapted lenses will have TTL metering in manual match LED or Aperture priority modes, as well as TTL flash at shooting aperture using basic center weighted metering. Spot metering and matrix metering will seldom be available via adapted lenses.
The interesting thing to me is that the Micro 4/3 body via adapters will allow SLR focusing for the FIRST TIME on a digital body (WITHOUT glass in the adapter that would degrade the images) for Leica M, Canon FL/FD, and Olympus Pen F lenses! To me, this is a real big deal.
Initially I will have Leica M and Canon FL/FD adapters in late January. $175 + shipping. Over time most other popular SLR lenses will likely be added, if sales justify it. Carrying a film Leica M rangefinder and a digital Micro 4/3 camera in the same bag, using the same lenses strikes me as a very attractive way to go.
I understand 4/3 camera manufacturers are making a 4/3 lens to Micro 4/3 body adapter. That means you can add your 4/3 adapter (say Nikon SLR) to your 4/3 to Micro 4/3 adapter, and mount it on your Micro 4/3 camera. OF course having two adapters stacked will be a bit bigger and heavier than using a single adapter to your Micro 4/3 camera.
Stephen
There are photos in this thread taken with a G1 and a Canon 50/0.95:
http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4194
Actually what's cool about the live view, is that the LCD can compensate for this quite a bit; as the lens is stopped down, the LCD brightens automatically. More info on focusing is here:
http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showpost.php?p=59872&postcount=3
MacDaddy
Certified Machead
My question for Stephen would be if and how the better CV lenses will work with your adapter on the G1 and what might be the results beyond a 2X crop factor? I had a chance to take this camera in hand today and am VERY interested in it, especially if I can use fast CV lenses with your adapter!
There are photos with a CV 15 in one of the links previously posted.