Author Topic: For samples of lenses - Visit the Lens Sample Photo Archive (Read 14939 times)

voyager · « **on:** August 07, 2009, 10:25:11 PM »

Original thread amended on January 17th, 2011.

Link to Lens Sample Photo Archive for photographic samples of over 200 different lenses on Micro Four Thirds cameras.

http://e-p1.net/lens-sample-photo-archive/

zentrum · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2009, 01:40:05 AM »

Like this?

Example:

Leica Mount adapter - (screw mount usable with M39 adapter)
Cosina-Voigtlander

CV Ultra Wide Heliar Aspherical 12mm f/5.6 // rating 4/5
CV Super Wide Heliar Aspherical 15mm f/4.5 // rating 4/5
CV Colour Skopar C 35mm f/2.5// rating 3/5
CV Color Skopar 21mm f/4.0 // rating 3/5
CV Snapshot Color Skopar 25mm f/4.0
CV Color-Skopar 28mm f/3.5
CV Color-Skopar 35mm f/2.5
CV Nokton 'classic' 40mm f/1.4
CV Nokton 'classic' 50mm f/1.1
etc......

How detailed do you want to go? I mean, these lenses are available coated/multi-coated and in both screw and bayonet fitting.

You could also just list every single screw mount lens ever made

All of the russian ones, minolta/leica ones, Zeiss ones... etc. Then all the bayonet fitting lenses for the same.

Then you move on to OM lenses / Nikon bayonet fitting lenses / Canon FD lenses / Pentax / Cine-lenses....

Maybe a table would be better:

Adapter Type	Manufacturer	Lens name	Rating
Leica M	Cosina-Voigtlander	Nokton 'classic' 40mm f/1.4	4.5/5

Federico Alberto · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2009, 09:40:44 AM »

Maybe it would be more useful to compile a database, with charts, of the Âµ4/3 and adapted glass we've all started to collect, just like my friends in Spain are doing:

1) For 4/3 and Âµ4/3 glass:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/la_bodeguilla/discuss/72157603786017308/

2) For other adapted glass:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/la_bodeguilla/discuss/72157603828766363/

voyager · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2009, 09:56:41 AM »

That's fine.

zentrum · « **Reply #4 on:** August 08, 2009, 02:04:24 PM »

Database would definitely be better

Was wondering what the limitations were

voyager · « **Reply #5 on:** August 08, 2009, 02:06:11 PM »

Feel free to go as detailed as you'd like. Your post was great.

whatkatiedoes · « **Reply #6 on:** August 10, 2009, 02:58:21 AM »

Would be useful for newbies like me to know what adapter is needed and average price we can expect to pay (new or used)

e_dawg · « **Reply #7 on:** August 10, 2009, 08:28:36 AM »

That would be great. Anyone remember the old photodo lens survey database where users could submit 1-5 ratings for their lenses' center and corner performance wide-open vs stopped-down, vignetting, distortion, CA, flare, bokeh, etc.?

It would be useful to collect info on which lenses actually work well on m4/3, at what focal lengths does corner smearing become a problem, and if everybody thinks the bokeh on the CV f/1.4 pancakes looks nasty, etc.

dad3*3 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 12, 2009, 01:09:42 PM »

This is an interesting site for lens selection on the E-P1

http://www.four-thirds.org/en/products/matching/index.html

pkloo · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2009, 04:40:42 AM »

I think this website can give E-P1 user to know about the OM lens......

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/olympusom1n2/shared/zuiko/index.htm

joebee · « **Reply #10 on:** September 19, 2009, 07:58:02 AM »

Quote from: whatkatiedoes on August 10, 2009, 02:58:21 AM

Would be useful for newbies like me to know what adapter is needed and average price we can expect to pay (new or used)

I'm using an adapter for Nikon F lenses, see http://e-p1.net/index.php?topic=718.0. I've paid US $74.50 (incl. shipping). Currently used it with the Nikon AF 50mm/1.4 and AF 35mm/2.0. Longer lenses are quite difficult to focus manually without using a tripod (reaching the "OK" button challenges my finger acrobatics skills.)

bodog · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2009, 06:19:26 PM »

I'm using the Oly 4/3 14-42 lens on the E-P1. What a wonderful little lens. I'd recommend it over the m4/3 14-42 any day.

krohmie · « **Reply #12 on:** October 25, 2009, 02:41:44 AM »

Leitz Elmar 4,0 90 1956 vintage
(mFT --> Leica adapter + Leica M --> LTM/M39 adapter)

More: http://krohmies.de/2009/10/21/ein-flirt-mit-elmar-das-leitz-elmar-90mm-14-m39-an-der-e-p1/

joebee · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2009, 09:58:58 AM »

Quote from: joebee on September 19, 2009, 07:58:02 AM

Currently used it with the Nikon AF 50mm/1.4 and AF 35mm/2.0. Longer lenses are quite difficult to focus manually without using a tripod (reaching the "OK" button challenges my finger acrobatics skills.)

The AF Micro Nikkor 105mm 2.8 works very well too.

joebee · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2009, 10:08:20 AM »

Quote from: krohmie on October 25, 2009, 02:41:44 AM

More: http://krohmies.de/2009/10/21/ein-flirt-mit-elmar-das-leitz-elmar-90mm-14-m39-an-der-e-p1/

and they lived happily ever after...

joebee · « **Reply #15 on:** November 13, 2009, 12:04:12 PM »

I'm using the Contax G 45mm f/2.0 Carl Zeiss Planar T* and the 90mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* using an adapter, see http://e-p1.net/index.php?topic=930.

ChaunceyD · « **Reply #16 on:** December 04, 2009, 03:30:36 PM »

Quote from: voyager on August 07, 2009, 10:25:11 PM

Please post every lens that you know of that will work on the E-P1 (adapter or not).

I have the following:
Nikon AI Mount via micro 4/3 Adapter:
   70-210mm Macro Vivitar Series One Zoom(67mm UV filter/tele hood), rating 5/5
   28-210mm Macro Vivitar Zoom(72mm UV filter/wide angle hood), rating 3/5
   50 mm F1.4 Nikon, rating 5/5
   85 mm F1.8 Nikon, rating 5/5

Hope this helps your database.
ChaunceyD

cosinaphile · « **Reply #17 on:** December 04, 2009, 05:17:06 PM »

my favorite "new" lens is the contax 90 G sonnar 2.8 , ive added a gear taken from transmission in the the bottom of an old minolta rangefinder to my ep-1 case to make the contax easier and faster to focus

what an amazing lens, and at 180 equiv im finding it easy to mf the fine glass to my surprise

2pinguelos · « **Reply #18 on:** December 07, 2009, 04:06:06 AM »

IÂ´m using minolta MD 24 mm, 50 mm and 135 mm, also zomm 35-70 mm with adapter minolta MD m4/3. I have tested and develops highest quality, as much in definition as contrast

sannynh · « **Reply #19 on:** December 12, 2009, 10:51:55 PM »

http://www.flickr.com/photos/salinandra/

that is what I have. It's growing, so come back again.

cosinaphile · « **Reply #20 on:** December 13, 2009, 01:44:07 AM »

contax g 45 f2 , 90 f2.8
pentax 110, 18mm 24mm 50mm.
voigtlander 15f4.5, 28 1.9,50 1.5 nokton.
45 mm 1.7 minolta rokkor PF rangfinder housed in a hanamex lens housing
voigtlander bessamatic scopar 50 2.8
jupiter russian grand prix brussels mir1 37mm 2.8
cz jena tessar 50 2.8
nikon 105 2.8 af macro
konica 50 1.7 [slr ]
nikon 50 1.4af
nikon 50 2 nikkor h
nikon 85 1.8 af
zukio 50 1.8
zukio 38 3.5 [ from a film point and shoot stylus]

45 -200 m\43 panasonic
14-42 panasonic m4\3
17,2.8 pancake kit oly

peterb666 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 13, 2009, 03:18:47 AM »

Well this is what I use...

Manual focus lenses...
Schneider - Kreuznach Xenon 40mm f/1.9 Robot mount
Olympus OM 28mm f/2.8
Olympus OM 50mm f/1.4
Olympus OM 50mm f/3.5 macro
Olympus OM 200mm f/4
Komura Telemore95 II 7.K.M.G 2x teleconverter (OM mount)

Autofocus lenses
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42 f/3.5-5.6
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f/1.7
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-200mm f/4-5.6

Used but no longer have
Vivitar 28mm f/2 OM mount. I worked but it was a load of crap. Very soft, lots of flare, haloing and aperture stuck wide open (a common problem with Vivitar lenses).

brachiopod · « **Reply #22 on:** December 13, 2009, 07:27:37 PM »

I've got a bunch of Takumars. They are readily available and use an M42 adapter.

* Takumar 50mm f/1.4
I have 2 versions of this, they are both good. A very fast 100mm lens for indoor shooting at events and very nice soft backgrounds. A bit dreamy at f/1.4, but fine by one click in. Hard to focus at f/1.4 with the E-P1. I have both the super takumar (about 1967) and super multi coated (1970?) takumar versions. These particular (the 50mm) lenses are fairly radioactive (gamma) if you care.

* Takumar 28mm. f/3.5. A fun lens, but some chromatic abberation at the edges, mostly gone by f/4.

* Takumar 50mm f/4 1:1 Macro lens. A super macro lens that can also be used as a normal lens (it will focus to infiinty). Mine is circa 1966 or so. This is the older version, the newer one is "only" 1:2

* Takumar 135mm f/3.5. A very sharp lens even at f/3.5. I have an older version from the 1960's

* Takumar 200mm f/4 SMC from the early '70s. Really really nice lens. And the E-P1 will stabilize it enough that you can shoot handheld if you are careful. A little hard to hold still enough to focus at f/4 handheld with the magnify function though.

These lenses are all available very reasonably on ebay. (the 50mm commands a better price (maybe up to $100) because some people like to use them for video). The 135mm can be had as cheap as $30, there are so many. These are built "like a tank" all metal and smooth smooth focus and nice clicky aperture rings.

Allen · « **Reply #23 on:** December 13, 2009, 09:40:02 PM »

i used to have a takumar smc 50mm f1.4. I sold it about a month ago. Wish i had it back now.. It was a very good lens.

cosinaphile · « **Reply #24 on:** December 13, 2009, 10:47:11 PM »

wow those takumars sound wonderful , the only pentaxs im using on the ep1 are the auto 110s

i use the 3 most common ones an 18 a 24 and a 50 and a second fifty that is permanantly extension 'tubed" as a "macro" giving about 1:2 , without infinity focus , the rest infinity focus fine , they are all sharp and contrasty and most importantly tiny as well , they look cool on the ep1 and the gf1 i especially like the 18 which i only got a bout 2 weeeks ago, its really a great lens

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