Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] Olympus OM lenses to E500
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:31:25 +0100
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Clean great shots Philippe!

Amiti?s
Lluis

El 18/03/2009, a las 8:09, Philippe AMARD escribi?:

> I've been using R lenses on the L1 (same as E330) for two and a half  
> years now - only the 24 Elmarit is a problem, but was on film  
> beforehand.
> Pity as it is compact and looks good on the L1
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Lumix/Phx.jpg.html
>
> What I find most difficult on the L1 is the absence of an on-board  
> anti-shake device (OIS on the kit lens).
> Have you tried  using a tripod to check on the consistency of the  
> poorer results?
> Best from Metz
> Phili^^e
>
> Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>
>> I have an Olympus E500 4/3rds DSLR. It has performed admirably  
>> with  the Olympus twin lens kit that came with the camera. This  
>> last week I  tried using some of my Zukio fixed focal length  
>> Olympus OM SLR lenses  on the camera with an Olympus adapter. The  
>> results were very mixed.   With the film camera the images were  
>> razor sharp. With the DSLR half  the pictures are blurred or out of  
>> focus. I know that it is hard to  focus the DSLR with the tiny  
>> screen, but even when I stop down I get  the same bad results. I  
>> would like to be able to use the OM lenses on  the E500. It makes  
>> such a small, neat package.
>>
>> I know that some of you are successful at using Leica lenses on   
>> Olympus DSLRS. How do you do it? Can you offer some advice?
>>
>> Larry Z
>>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Olympus OM lenses to E500)
Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] Olympus OM lenses to E500)