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SOLD.
I got the M4/3 f2.8 from Reg (El CID) here recently. The old beastie is a fantastic lens, but not small or light! It's in very good condition, front and rear elements unmarked, slight rub marks on the fixed lens hood from the solid, slide-on lens cap. No dust that I can see inside. Includes the original box and documentation, front and rear caps and pouch.
The image quality is great, and fairly similar to the new f2.8 version, but the corrections are mostly done with lots of heavy, exotic glass, rather than electronic correction which the new one relies on heavily. Autofocus is not its strong point. I never really trusted it on 4/3 DSLRs, and it's similar on the E-M1.1, calibration helping on both. I mostly used MF with 5x peaking working well. Experience allows you to set the focus scale for various focal lengths quickly manually.
Handling on the E-M1.1 is fine, better with the grip. On smaller bodies, a grip is fairly essential to wield the 780gm. There's no filter thread, and the hood is fixed to protect the bulging front element, but filters can be used via various sliding on systems. Obviously you'll need an adaptor on M4/3. I have an MMF-3 I may part with if necessary, but plan to keep it for now for my old 50-200 and 12-60.
Here's my shots with it on Flickr:
I got the M4/3 f2.8 from Reg (El CID) here recently. The old beastie is a fantastic lens, but not small or light! It's in very good condition, front and rear elements unmarked, slight rub marks on the fixed lens hood from the solid, slide-on lens cap. No dust that I can see inside. Includes the original box and documentation, front and rear caps and pouch.
The image quality is great, and fairly similar to the new f2.8 version, but the corrections are mostly done with lots of heavy, exotic glass, rather than electronic correction which the new one relies on heavily. Autofocus is not its strong point. I never really trusted it on 4/3 DSLRs, and it's similar on the E-M1.1, calibration helping on both. I mostly used MF with 5x peaking working well. Experience allows you to set the focus scale for various focal lengths quickly manually.
Handling on the E-M1.1 is fine, better with the grip. On smaller bodies, a grip is fairly essential to wield the 780gm. There's no filter thread, and the hood is fixed to protect the bulging front element, but filters can be used via various sliding on systems. Obviously you'll need an adaptor on M4/3. I have an MMF-3 I may part with if necessary, but plan to keep it for now for my old 50-200 and 12-60.
Here's my shots with it on Flickr:
as were the E-3 and E-5. I loved the E-520 body, but rather a noisy sensor. Still very happy with the E-M1.1s.
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