olympus lenses

I have an assortment of Olympus lenses used with an OM2n camera.Can they be
used with a digital camera ?
Geoff.

geoff smith wrote:
I have an assortment of Olympus lenses used with an OM2n camera.Can they be
used with a digital camera ?
Geoff.



Yes. See "http://www.cameraquest.com/frames/4saleReos.htm". The adapter
to Canon EOS is $175.

Also see
"http://cgi.ebay.com/Olympus-OM-to-Canon-EOS-Lens-Adapter-Brass-NEW_W0QQitemZ370134702133QQcmdZViewItem"
where a similar product is $20.

Remember, the lenses will work optically, but it'll all be manual control.

Unfortunately, Olympus does not make any digital bodies that can use the
Olympus OM mount lenses.

In article , SMS
wrote:

geoff smith wrote:
I have an assortment of Olympus lenses used with an OM2n camera.Can they be
used with a digital camera ?

Unfortunately, Olympus does not make any digital bodies that can use the
Olympus OM mount lenses.

nonsense. old olympus lenses work just fine on olympus 4/3rds bodies
with an adapter (which was supplied for free early on). they're even
stabilized if the camera has stabilization.

Two completely different technologies. The answer is NO.

SMS wrote in
:

geoff smith wrote:
I have an assortment of Olympus lenses used with an OM2n camera.Can
they be used with a digital camera ?
Geoff.



Yes. See "http://www.cameraquest.com/frames/4saleReos.htm". The
adapter to Canon EOS is $175.

Also see
"http://cgi.ebay.com/Olympus-OM-to-Canon-EOS-Lens-Adapter-Brass-NEW_W0Q
QitemZ370134702133QQcmdZViewItem" where a similar product is $20.

Remember, the lenses will work optically, but it'll all be manual
control.

Unfortunately, Olympus does not make any digital bodies that can use
the
Olympus OM mount lenses.

Current there are more adapters for more lenses for Olympus digital bodies
than Canon digitals, that includes OM Zuiko film lenses.

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:55:36, SMS wrote:
geoff smith wrote:
I have an assortment of Olympus lenses used with an OM2n camera.Can they be
used with a digital camera ?

Unfortunately, Olympus does not make any digital bodies that can use the
Olympus OM mount lenses.

This is factually inaccurate and disingenuous. Every Four-Thirds
camera (Olympus or Panasonic) can use OM lenses with an adapter
similar to the OM-EOS adapters. Olympus makes the MF-1 adapter for
around $100, and there are less expensive third-party ones available
from eBay for $20 and up.

However, the field of view is subject to the 2x crop factor, so if
your OM lenses are wide angles, they won't be useful in the same way.
Also, Olympus recommends stopping down the lenses for best results.
For aperture recommendations see the MF-1 manual at:

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...f1instcomp.pdf

Lesser "APS" sensor Canons with the "1.6x" crop factor (xxxD and xxD
series) will provide a wider field of view than the Olympus digital
SLRS, but still not as wide as what you may be used to from your OM
bodies. If you have the money to spend on a full-frame body (5D or
1Ds series), you can get the full wide angle.

-alan

--
Alan Hoyle - - http://www.alanhoyle.com/

Alan Hoyle wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:55:36, SMS wrote:
geoff smith wrote:
I have an assortment of Olympus lenses used with an OM2n camera.Can they be
used with a digital camera ?

Unfortunately, Olympus does not make any digital bodies that can use the
Olympus OM mount lenses.

This is factually inaccurate and disingenuous.

It's absolutely correct: you even contradict yourself with what you
wrote below:

Every Four-Thirds
camera (Olympus or Panasonic) can use OM lenses with an adapter
similar to the OM-EOS adapters. Olympus makes the MF-1 adapter for
around $100, and there are less expensive third-party ones available
from eBay for $20 and up.

In that case, Canon also makes a great series of EOS bodies which can
(with the appropriate adapter) use OM lenses.
It's not as good (either the Olympus 4/3 kludge or Canon EOS kludge) as
having a body which can use the lenses natively, because neither
"solution" allows for shutter priority auto-exposure or auto-focus as
there is no aperture coupling and no AF drive coupling.

However, the field of view is subject to the 2x crop factor, so if
your OM lenses are wide angles, they won't be useful in the same way.
Also, Olympus recommends stopping down the lenses for best results.
For aperture recommendations see the MF-1 manual at:

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...f1instcomp.pdf

That's no better than using an EOS body with an OM adapter.

Lesser "APS" sensor Canons with the "1.6x" crop factor (xxxD and xxD
series) will provide a wider field of view than the Olympus digital
SLRS, but still not as wide as what you may be used to from your OM
bodies. If you have the money to spend on a full-frame body (5D or
1Ds series), you can get the full wide angle.

It is still a problem that there is no DSLR camera body which can use OM
lenses without compromises.
Either it has an Olympus logo, 2x crop factor and no aperture or AF
coupling or it has a Canon logo with either 1.6x or no crop factor and
still no aperture or AF coupling.

In article
, dj_nme
wrote:

I have an assortment of Olympus lenses used with an OM2n camera.Can they
be
used with a digital camera ?

Unfortunately, Olympus does not make any digital bodies that can use the
Olympus OM mount lenses.

This is factually inaccurate and disingenuous.

It's absolutely correct: you even contradict yourself with what you
wrote below:

wrong.

Every Four-Thirds
camera (Olympus or Panasonic) can use OM lenses with an adapter
similar to the OM-EOS adapters. Olympus makes the MF-1 adapter for
around $100, and there are less expensive third-party ones available
from eBay for $20 and up.

In that case, Canon also makes a great series of EOS bodies which can
(with the appropriate adapter) use OM lenses.

the difference is that canon does not make such an adapter for olympus
lenses, but *olympus* *does*. using om lenses on a 4/3rds body is a
fully supported configuration. olympus even included the adapter long
ago when 4/3rds was starting out.

It's not as good (either the Olympus 4/3 kludge or Canon EOS kludge) as
having a body which can use the lenses natively, because neither
"solution" allows for shutter priority auto-exposure or auto-focus as
there is no aperture coupling and no AF drive coupling.

of course there's no autofocus. the lenses are *manual focus* lenses!
plus, stop-down metering doesn't work very well with canon bodies, so
you wouldn't get accurate aperture priority or manual exposure.

However, the field of view is subject to the 2x crop factor, so if
your OM lenses are wide angles, they won't be useful in the same way.
Also, Olympus recommends stopping down the lenses for best results.
For aperture recommendations see the MF-1 manual at:

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...f1instcomp.pdf

That's no better than using an EOS body with an OM adapter.

actually it is, because as mentioned above, it's supported by olympus
and stop-down metering works correctly. plus, with a stabilized
olympus body, the lenses are also stabilized.

Lesser "APS" sensor Canons with the "1.6x" crop factor (xxxD and xxD
series) will provide a wider field of view than the Olympus digital
SLRS, but still not as wide as what you may be used to from your OM
bodies. If you have the money to spend on a full-frame body (5D or
1Ds series), you can get the full wide angle.

It is still a problem that there is no DSLR camera body which can use OM
lenses without compromises.

the original poster did not ask which camera could use olympus lenses
'without compromises.' he asked which cameras could use olympus lenses
from an om2n camera. obviously, using a 30 year old manual focus lens
is going to have some compromises. however, at least it's possible,
which is more than can be said for 30 year old canon lenses.

dj_nme wrote:
Alan Hoyle wrote:
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:55:36, SMS wrote:
geoff smith wrote:
I have an assortment of Olympus lenses used with an OM2n camera.Can
they be used with a digital camera ?

Unfortunately, Olympus does not make any digital bodies that can use
the Olympus OM mount lenses.

This is factually inaccurate and disingenuous.

It's absolutely correct: you even contradict yourself with what you
wrote below:

Yes, that was pretty funny. Maybe I should have said, "many different
cameras from different manufacturers can use OM lenses in manual mode
with an adapter." But of course he knew what I meant, he's just being an
idiot.

"dj_nme" wrote:

In that case, Canon also makes a great series of EOS bodies which can
(with the appropriate adapter) use OM lenses.
It's not as good (either the Olympus 4/3 kludge or Canon EOS kludge) as
having a body which can use the lenses natively, because neither
"solution" allows for shutter priority auto-exposure or auto-focus as
there is no aperture coupling and no AF drive coupling.

Funny, my Oly lenses didn't have AE or AF on my OM-1...

For landscape work on a 5D/5DII, the Oly wide angle lenses would be more
than usable.

The more accurate distance scales would be a big plus. Manual aperture
operation is a pain, but not a show stopper. Until Zeiss comes out with the
18, 21, and 35mm lenses in Canon mounts, the Oly lenses are one of the
better options.

--
David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan