SterlingBjorndahl

I occasionally shoot 6x7cm roll film with a Pentax 67 camera. When I grab my 200mm lens I find myself thinking, "That's about the same angle-of-view as a 100mm lens on 135 or a 50mm lens on...

I still use my L1. Here's a shot from last summer that won a Photo of the Day contest. http://sterlingbjorndahl.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v35/p521529681-5.jpg Sterling -- Lens Grit

I stacked cheapers adapters: Pentax 67 to Pentax K to 4/3, and then the MMF-1 to μ4/3. It worked fine, but it turned out the Pentax 67 200mm f/4 lens was no better quality than the μ4/3...

At least. Probably even more. Sterling -- Lens Grit

I've got a 20x24" hanging on my wall taken with the GH2. It's on museum wrap which means it was printed more like 24x28". I resized it in Photoshop. It looks quite good even up close - though if...

Nope. Try it hand-held with OIS on and off. (OIS should always be off when tripod-mounted, on every Panny camera I've ever owned, both according to the manual and according to my experience, as...

In my experience (14-42X on GH2) the OIS is absolutely the factor. The problem goes away with OIS turned off. I get much sharper shots at 1/100th with OIS off than on, hand-held. That's with the...

For some people, the price difference is important. For other people, the price difference is not very important. It depends on how much impact the price difference would have on your family...

Agreed. I picked up one of the inexpensive E-PL1's and put the 14-42 X on it and it makes a great 2nd camera to carry along when I'm shooting primarily telephoto. If I'm wearing a light jacket it's...

The old Pentax screw mount "M42" lenses adapt well. Most have a "Manual/Auto" switch for aperture control, so you can easily focus wide open and then switch to Manual to get the aperture you've...

The Oly 25mm f/2.8 pancake lens is a natural fit for the L1, lacking only the aperture ring. Especially with a wrist strap. Here's a sample with the pancake on the L1, wide open at 1/25th sec....

Check out the Matching Simulation at http://www.four-thirds.org/en/special/matching.html Sterling -- Lens Grit

It's a lovely lens, but the f/2.8 version auto-focuses very slowly on μ4/3 because it was not designed for CDAF. Sterling -- Lens Grit

Why did you have to quote his whole post merely to make a comment like that? Don't you know how to Reply instead of Quote? Irony abounds.

I'm quite a bit off topic here, excuse me please... I recently rediscovered 120 roll film via a gently-used Pentax 6x7. Talk about shallow DOF - there is no forgiveness if your focus is off by even...

Like some others with GH2 the problem doesn't appear as doubling but as very unexpected blur. Turning off the OIS eliminates the problem completely. As a result I now keep OIS off unless I'm...

I think you need to spend more time with the manual. If you have the North American English manual, look at pages 75 and 132. If English is not your native language, then you should try to get a...

Very good. Wish I'd done that. :) Thanks, Sterling -- Lens Grit

You can often find on eBay a second hand bellows for legacy Pentax screw-mount "M42" lenses. Just search for "Pentax bellows". And old 50mm Pentax lenses are abundant as well. It's a very...

No. Sterling -- Lens Grit