leicanut2 Posted July 9, 2009 Share #1 Posted July 9, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Any one get the novaflex R to four thirds adapter and try there R glass on a four thirds camera? Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 Hi leicanut2, Take a look here R glass on a four thirds camera. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
EJohnE Posted July 9, 2009 Share #2 Posted July 9, 2009 I don't have the Novoflex, but use the Cameraquest adaptor for R to 4/3 system. The R lenses work well on those cameras, but manual focussing without either Live View ( E-330) or Katzeye screen (E-1) with lenses of focal length of less than 50 mm is (for my ancient eyes, anyway) difficult. The Katzeye screen with "Optibrite" is excellent on the E-1, but totally messes up the exposure metering by overexposing grossly. I presume that is something to do with the metering cells reading from the screen - alrhough I would have expected the greater brightness of that screen to have made the meter to UNDER expose?? I use either an old Calculite X meter or an enormous Sekonic L558: either of them in incident mode, rather than suck it and see with the histogram post-exposure. The Leica lenses are generally superior to the Olympus ones on 4/3 at wider apertures, but it is well worth the expense of buying either of those 2 adaptors, or perhaps the Fotodiox one, rather than the hit and miss cheaper ones, in order to use the R lenses. Actually, the results are far ahead of the sensor's ability with R lenses. Cheers, John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 9, 2009 Share #3 Posted July 9, 2009 I use the original Leica adapter, which is built to last well into the 25th century, and an el-cheapo one which is quite good enough for my needs after I knocked out the non-functional chip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrj Posted July 9, 2009 Share #4 Posted July 9, 2009 I use the fotodiox adaptor on the panasonic DMC-L1. The results are excellent (from raw files) from the 28/2.8 and 50/2 that I use. The L1 with updated firmware has focus confirmation in the viewfinder and it works pretty well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicanut2 Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted July 9, 2009 How about with longer lenses? Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Davis Posted July 9, 2009 Share #6 Posted July 9, 2009 I've got the Novoflex M and R series adaptors that I couple together, the bayonet mount between these is a bit stiff but is solid. If you follow this link to a set I have on my flickr account you'll see the results with M series and with 100mm f4 macro and 70-210 f4 zooms, I have yet to try lenses such as the 180 APO Panasonic G1 - Leica Lenses - a set on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicanut2 Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted July 9, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) K-Davis very nice pictures, I am looking at picking up the new Olympus E-P1 12 + meg. pix. so that I can use R glass. This I hope will only be till Leica comes out with something. The more I look at the four thirds the more I want to try it. Cheers Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 9, 2009 Share #8 Posted July 9, 2009 How about with longer lenses? Jan I found the Apo-Telyt 180/3.4 is quite interesting. It makes for a very light 360 mm equivalent combo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicanut2 Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share #9 Posted July 9, 2009 I have the 280mm F4 that will be huge on a olympus Pen E-P1. - I did a search on the E-P1 and found comparison shots and it beats out the panasonic G1 by a little . Cheers Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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