jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Help Help Help,
> I am sitting in a internet cafe a short walk from a camera shop in london
> with a canon 5d in it.
> I want to buy it to use my olympus and tamron lenses since it has a full
> size sensor and om adapters seem to be available for it. Has anyone tried
> this already???
Yep. Buddy of mine owns a 5D and borrows my OM-series lenses to use on
it all the time. 'Specially the wide angles, 'cause the Canon ones (to
use his phrase) "are utter crap." He's *really* pleased with the fact
that my 28mm and 21mm 2.0's are almost completely free of rectilinear
distortion.
> does the metering work? especially spot and centre weighted
Some modes work, others don't. Same as with OM lenses on the E-1.
Moose (for one) can probably give you more detailed info. I believe
manual and aperture-priority are the two modes that work with virtually
no change at all.
> does the mirror hit the rear elements?
Not with a high-quality adapter. My buddy bought the CameraQuest one.
$175.00 U.S., and in his opinion worth every penny. My quick once-over
convinced me that the tolerances are extraordinarily fine, and you
should probably spend the money to get a good one.
> in short is it workable?
You betcha!
> please help me find some reasons not to wipe out my bank balance!
No. In fact, I'm about *this* far away from getting a 5D for myself.
I'm waiting on PhotoKina in September to see if Oly will *finally* step
up to the plate and release the new E-x pro-level digi. If not, it's
gonna be the 5D, I think, and the CameraQuest adapter.
> please find me some reasons not to go digital!!!
Too many reasons to switch, not enough to stick with film. GO FOR IT. ;-)
> the lenses I want to use are
> olympus 21 f3.5
> olympus 24 f2 or f2.8
> olympus 24 shift
> olympus 28 f2
> olympus 35 f2 or 2.8
> olympus 35 shift
> olympus 50 f1.8
> olympus 35-70 f3.6
> tamron 90mm f2.5
> tamron 80-200 f2.8
> tamron 60-300
All fine examples. Should all work.
> it would also be nice if it worked with the auto bellows...
*No* idea about that.
Enjoy spending the money. 8^>
Garth
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|