>I'm looking at a friend's old Olympus OM-1 with several lenses. I wonder
>if the lenses can be used on the new Oly digital?
>>I'm looking at a friend's old Olympus OM-1 with several lenses. I wonder
>>if the lenses can be used on the new Oly digital?
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> sensors in mind, unlike the Zuiko Digital lenses which are
> specifically designed for digital with near-telecentric optics.
Hmm so wider apertures vignette badly on digital? Thanks for the info,
looks like it's best use is as a manual film camera.
> If you go to the Olympus web site for your country, you will find a
> table showing which lenses work best, and with what limitations. There
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Tony Polson - 25 Nov 2006 22:33 GMT
>> Almost all OM lenses can be used on the Four Thirds cameras (Olympus,
>> Panasonic and Leica) using an adapter. Some work well, some work well
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>Hmm so wider apertures vignette badly on digital?
You will get some vignetting, but I think a more serious problem would
be colour fringing.
>Thanks for the info,
>looks like it's best use is as a manual film camera.
You're welcome. It is well worth looking at the Olympus DSLR forum on
dpreview. The issues that arise when using OM lenses on Four Thirds
DSLRs has often been discussed.
Michael Meissner - 26 Nov 2006 01:39 GMT
> >> I'm looking at a friend's old Olympus OM-1 with several lenses. I wonder if
> >> the lenses can be used on the new Oly digital?
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> Hmm so wider apertures vignette badly on digital? Thanks for the info, looks
> like it's best use is as a manual film camera.
Well also bear in mind the 2x crop factor, so your 50mm lens will give you the
same field of view as a 100mm lens on a 4/3rds camera. So for wide angles
wider than 28mm, use the digital lenses (7-14mm, 11-22mm, 8mm fisheye). For
28mm, the usual kit lens will give you that, but the medium level 14-54mm is
generally thought to be a better lens.

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