OM lenses on M8

[crow]

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Which lenses are more successful of a combo?

How about shift lenses, do they obscure the RF/VF?

Which is a good adaptor(OM to M)?

There are some chinese made of aluminum body and a brass ring.

Also a Kipon made of brass coper and anodized with chromium.

A Fotodiox that says stainless steel and brass.

A japanese made that costs twice as much the last two which are supposed to be the best.

I 've got a quite good chinese al. with brass ring as an OM to m4/3 adapter and it works fine with all of my OM Zuikos.

So how about it, have you got any experience shooting Olympus on an M8?

Edited September 3, 2014 by crow

[jaapv]

What does it matter that a T/S lens obstructs the viewfinder? You cannot focus OM lenses using the rangefinder...Nor does the viewfinder give you the framing when it is shifted.

 

A bit of a hopeless project, except for ultra wideangle and fisheye which you don't need to focus. You will need an accesory viewfinder in that case anyway.

Edited September 3, 2014 by jaapv

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[crow]

Already got a Leica old individual viewfinder.

The idea Jaap is that since the M8 is a digital camera, you can scale focus on a tripod, shooting the same picture again and again till focus is right. Don't ask what is the point. The point of this thread isn't if it is a hopeless or not project. It is aBOUT WHAT TO DO TO MAKE IT WORK BETTER. It'll work allright, but how can it work better. OK?

Can I ask how old you are?

You've been answering a lot and I'd like to know who am I talking to. Not names, just age. Hope you can do this!

[jaapv]

I that case just get a Novoflex adapter....

[jip]

First since you like to know everybody's age, I'm 21

 

I have not shot with Olympus lenses on the M8, however I think if you are looking for a tilt shift lens there is plenty you can use, especially the wide angle lenses because stopped down from a tripod you can easily scale focus.

 

I've done this with Leica R wide angle lenses on the Leica M240 and M9-P, with those you can just stop down a bit and scale focus it works great!

[crow]

$260 for a Novoflex is 4 days teaching full time consecutively.

In other words I am just a poor painter/art teacher and can't afford it. But I don't feel bad about this. i am used to operate on a low budget. So Kipon or Fotodiox?

Still haven't answered my age related question.

Nice job Jip! Keep it polite, will you!!

Edited September 3, 2014 by crow

[crow]

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Sorry, did I hear you own novoflex stocks on wall street? Just kidding.

Bought a nice cheap Fotodiox a minute ago.

I'll let you know when it gets here.

Used to have a Canon, Fotodiox worked quite well for my old Zuiko 35mm shift.

Hope it does well for the rest of the Brady Bunch of my Zuiko's including the 24 shift!

I think the 16 zuiko fisheye will work swell! For my 300mm I'll stick to my E-P1, 2x cf.

By the way, love the Kodak sensor on the M8. Cleaned it, super sharp. Love it!

[jaapv]

Ok, I'll admit it, I'm 17....

[jip]

Ok' date=' I'll admit it, I'm 17....[/quote'] damn I'm sure you'll come into any club at that age with those looks! Lucky you!!!!

[Jeff S]

You've been answering a lot and I'd like to know who am I talking to. Not names, just age. Hope you can do this!

 

Moderators age rapidly.

 

Jeff

[crow]

I must admit, besides bragging for my OM Zuikos, which are excellent in their own way, using them on a OM4 and all, the combination of OM Zuikos, is a interesting challenge which sounds successful even before starting it, cause you have two great tools. After all this is why adapters are for, yea? Any way I can't wait till the FDX adapter arrives.

Shooting from a distance is the first easy thing to do. Then will come scale focusing and trying peaking at the LCD screen.

Jaap, don't worry, I won't judge you if I find out how old you are!

[Jeff S]

Jaap, don't worry, I won't judge you if I find out how old you are!

 

Click on link in post #10 and guess.

 

Jeff

[crow]

Should be a decade more or less than 50.

I was born in Africa you know.

Is it a coincidence you've been visiting my thread?

Edited September 4, 2014 by crow

[crow]

What about the Leica Leitz LTM adapters?

Is it possible that a 90mm one works for a 35mm jupiter?

Or a 90mm one for a 50mm lens, all these on a M8?

[crow]

OK

found out my self. Don't bother posting. It is to do with bringing up the correct lines in the VF.

So a 90mm ltm to M adapter will bring the 90mm rectangle so one can compose. Other than that regardless of focal length every ltm to M adapter can facilitate the use of any ltm lens on a M body. Back to the OLYMPUS adapter. Hasn't any one used any OM's on a Leica M8?

[DigitalHeMan]

I haven't used any OM lenses on my Leica, and I'm nearly 40. I doubt many people have used such a combination as most people still owning OM lenses probably enjoy using them on their Olympus bodies.

[crow]

So they do!

Let it be.

And you haven't added anything regarding OM on Leica.

Difficult subject I guess. Rare thing to do, as this thread shows.

Edited September 6, 2014 by crow

[tookaphotoof]

Already got a Leica old individual viewfinder.

The idea Jaap is that since the M8 is a digital camera, you can scale focus on a tripod, shooting the same picture again and again till focus is right. Don't ask what is the point. The point of this thread isn't if it is a hopeless or not project. It is aBOUT WHAT TO DO TO MAKE IT WORK BETTER. It'll work allright, but how can it work better. OK?

Can I ask how old you are?

You've been answering a lot and I'd like to know who am I talking to. Not names, just age. Hope you can do this!

 

Yes you can scale focus again and again, and with the lovely screen on the M8 it still s***s if you want to check for 'ultimate' sharpness. There's nothing you can do to make this work better. Even an 90 year old grandpa won't be able to give you a good workaround.

 

Also, I'd say shooting from a tripod there you might as well dump the M8 and get something like a digital Olympus or something like the Sony A6000 with the appropriate adapters. They don't cost too much and you'd get a workable setup.

Probably not something you'd like to read though...

[crow]

If you red what's been written in the thread you would know that,

I already have an E-P1, gives wonderful results but it is a crop factor 2x.

I am trying to take advantage the 1.3x cf of the M8.

Second, a nice 5D 12.8 mpx costs no less than 300 euro. This is out of the question for now.

It's a special project.

Regarding the 17 years of age Jaap,

if you were a little bit older, and you did your homework,

you'd find out more about the limitations and the special characteristics of watercolor as opposed to oil painting,

specially if you go 100 years back,

and I hope you're less than half a century old,

when these 19th century preconceptions were literally turned upside down,

you'll find out that there were watercolorists who used the medium in a non traditional way, and oil colorists who used oil like if it were watercolor.

I am not going to speak of specific artists, if you were older than 17 like your ironical statement suggests,

you'd know these things and wouldn't talk about painting if you haven't done your homework. I guess from you limited knowledge you are not older than 17.

Edited September 7, 2014 by crow

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[tookaphotoof]

Projects cost money. A 5D costs about a quarter the price of the M8. I'd say sell it for one of those till you've finished your project.

 

Or simply use an old 25 euro OM-Whatever and a couple of rolls Portra. You can focus, take advantage of full frame, well scanned it blows the image quality of the M8 away and I haven't even started about if you would print it right away from the negative.

 

I'm curious how old you are as you tend to judge people by their age.

You also ask people to keep it polite, whilst your last post certainly is far from that. Might be an artist thing...