Olympus synchronicity

[ChrisW]

How about these for a successful blend of old and new Olympus technologies?





The camera was an E5 and the lens was an old manual OM 50mm lens at f1.8. Cropping into the eyelashes I was very impressed at the detail.

Anybody else having similar results with their E5 and legacy lenses?

[Greytop]

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Simply stunning Chris, I don't have any legacy glass at the moment but I might try a OM 50 out for fun... having just seen this shot.

The E-5 still amazes me with it's ability to eek out amazing levels of detail from just 12 megapixels.

[Zuiko]

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Wow, that's certainly brought the best out of the lens!

[andym]

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Hmm don't do this to me.

I have a couple of OM lenses and have alway gone away from an OM adaptor,the main reason is because I carry to much for my old back anyway.

Might have to invest

Great resolution.

[Ross the fiddler]

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That's amazing detail from that OM lens. I believe that OM50 lenses made after a certain date with a particular range of serial numbers gave better results than some of the earlier ones. Would yours be one of those? The serial number on mine is 467948 & I think the better ones come after that (although mine is still good). I also use the Dandelion AF confirm chipped adapter, do you?

[ChrisW]

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Hello Ross
The serial number of my lens is 1114970, and I am was using a basic EBay adapter without the focus confirm chip.

I do not know how old the lens is, but it certainly seems to work

[Graham_of_Rainham]

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I have an OM 50mm f1.4 that still gets used occasionally. However the 24mm f/2.8 is considered by many to be the one to use, and I tend to agree.

It feels and works very well on the E-PL1 as well

[Ross the fiddler]

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Hello Ross
The serial number of my lens is 1114970, and I am was using a basic EBay adapter without the focus confirm chip.

I do not know how old the lens is, but it certainly seems to work

Yours appear to be a later lens & might be one of the sharper ones. Does anybody know anything about the best OM50mm lenses to get? I posted a photo in this thread (http://e-group.uk.net/forum/showthre...t=12385&page=2) & used the OM50mm f1.8, just for the heck of it on my E30. An E5 would be nice but that is a lower priority for now.