Olympus 24mm

Hi,
Does anyone know if the Zuiko (prime lens) 24mm and the (prime lens) Zuiko 24mm Auto-W have identical 'bajonet' mount?

Reason being, I have recently bought an OM-System Zuiko lens MC Auto-W 24mm 1:28. I am planning to use it with a DSLR camera (Olympus e-410) and to do so I have bought a OM to E-system mount adapter (which I have not received yet) advertised as 'adapter for OM system manual lenses'

Any idea?

Thanks,

Matteo

Yes, It should work.

2007-12-12 09:10:27 by m.prezioso

This is the unboxing of the brand new Olympus Pen ED 12mm f2.0 lens.

Hi,
Does anyone know if the Zuiko (prime lens) 24mm and the (prime lens) Zuiko 24mm Auto-W have identical 'bajonet' mount?

Reason being, I have recently bought an OM-System Zuiko lens MC Auto-W 24mm 1:28. I am planning to use it with a DSLR camera (Olympus e-410) and to do so I have bought a OM to E-system mount adapter (which I have not received yet) advertised as 'adapter for OM system manual lenses'

Any idea?

Thanks, Matteo

All the OM mount lenses will fit the E-System cameras unless they require a mirror lock up function for use. (Not sure if any of Oly's OM lenses required that but many manufacturers "fish eye" lenses did) and the 24mm length doesn't fit that category. As far as I know they only made one 24mm lens model for the OM system. (Correction they made TWO standard 24mm, an f2 & and f2.8 and three 28mm f2, f2.8 & f3.5).

The only other interchangeable lenses that I know of that Olympus made near that focal length were for the Pen F half frame cameras but lenses to fit that would be very small and would usually be identified as "Pen" lenses.

Here is a link to an "unofficial" Olympus OM lens site.

Hope that helps. Email me if you need more information.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: I forgot that there was also a 24mm f3.5 "Shift" lens designed for architectural work. Very big $$$ even today ($750 - $1,500+ used.)

2007-12-12 09:09:36 by m.prezioso

Price: $299.99

Compatible with the Olympus E420 digital SLR
25mm f/2.8 pancake lens
50mm equivalent angle of view

I am looking for a late production digital camera which provides the following:

1. wide lense (28mm or 24mm). Hopefully it is also f2.8 or faster

2. uses standard AA or AAA batteries with decent powser assumption

3. little shutter lag (full press or half to full press)

4. Hopefully light weight with creative features and image stabilization. But not required.
Would try to avoid an SLR by all means (too many lenses to carry for travel).

Currently uses Olympus 5050 zoom (lense is fast, although not wide enough but works with add-on lens. Shutter lag is a bit annoying. Uses 4 AA batteries with very decent power consumption).

I am looking at Panasonic Lx2 or Kodak 880. Would appreciate recommendations.

The Panasonic LX2 is very noisy in low light:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_revi ews/lx2.html

Unfortunately, I do not see ANY cameras that take "AA" batteries that go to 24-28 mm.

I'm not a huge fan of the camera, but the widest angle I know about in a small, easy to operate camera is the Kodak V705. I say that I'm not a fan, because you won't get extremely high quality images from the wide angle end, which is fixed at an equivalent of 23 mm. We both know that you are not going to try making any photographic quality, poster-sized prints, though, with this camera. In fact, if you don't do any cropping, you might even be happy with prints as big as 8x10.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_revi ews/v705.html

My top choice would be the Canon Powershot SD800-IS (IS may help in low light)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd8 00is/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_revi ews/sd800.html

Some others worthy of consideration that "only" go as wide as 28 mm (equivalent) are:

Leica D-LUX 1
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0604/060403 01leicaclux1.asp

Leica C-LUX 2

Leica D-LUX 3 ($600)
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/060914 08leicadlux3.asp

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01 (noisy images in low light)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasoni cfx01/

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX-07 (noisy images in low light)
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_revi ews/fx07.html

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0701/070131 04panasonicfx30.asp

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ2
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0701/070131 05panasonictz2tz3.asp

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasoni ctz3/

Ricoh Caplio R40
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0605/060522 01ricohr40.asp

Ricoh Caplio R6
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Ri coh/ricoh_caplior6.asp

Samsung L74 Wide
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sa msung/samsung_l74.asp

2007-06-11 11:54:38 by bill t

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