I want a wide lens for landscape + city/architecture

Melbourne Park said:

http://www.adrianololli.com/articolo.asp?ID=3107

This company sells a tilt shift adapter for micro four thirds.

I think the best lens would be a four thirds lens.

I'm not sure though ...

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I had a bit of a bad experience with Adriano Lolli Como brand with respect to a FD adapter. Instead of a pin or a lug to engage the aperture lever their solution was to force the aperture lever of the lens back and jam it open with a small piece of rubber which inevitably fell out inside the camera body cavity.

Their PK adapter that I also bought worked well but it was solidly built and quite heavier than necessary.

These adapters were to LM mount and not M4/3. It was also a few years ago and they may have changed their design and construction techniques since.

The panny WAS top dog and is a nice lens.
On a non-IBIS Panny maybe there still may be a reason to buy.
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The Oly is only a little larger, but it has more reach and more sharpness. MEGA,hyper,super IOS in meaningless in that case, and makes it more costly than the Zuiko.
I have used both and the Oly has the edge, and I settled on it.
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Most of t h e s e were taken with the 12-40 as a shutter shock experiment.
Portraits with it are quite good too, though my 45/1.8 is better
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Digressing more, the 42.5 1.2 panny is nice, but too costly for the benefit it would provide ME - and HUGE compared to the 45 - now THERE is a difference in size, weight and price and there are f0.95 and (coming) f0.85 options - the first is much cheaper and well regarded, the second is also expensive.
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I agree the 12-34 and 12-40 are similar, but with 1/7th more zoom ratio, higher sharpness and an Oly IBIS body or two, why should _I_ bother with it?

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You say you're in Finland? I wouldn't consider anything greater than F/3.5 as anything less than acceptable that really rules out the majority of lenses and either drives you towards the Olympus 12-40 or the equivalent Panasonic 12-35. Failing that in terms of affordability then you have the Olympus 17mm F/1.8 or the Olympus 12mm F/2.0. The Olympus 17mm will give you a 35mm portrait. The Olympus 12mm will give you an ultra wide for landscapes.

I had the Olympus 14-42 II so I chose the Olympus 12mm F/2.0 for $500 second hand, the Olympus 12-40 is double that price new as is the Panasonic equivalent. If I'm really in a pinch and want a portrait at night, then I can crop to 17mm with the 12mm... You can't "uncrop" a lens width you do not have.

The Olympus 12mm despite its name is a pro lens and once you hit F/2.8 it will match it with the 12-35 and 12-40. The difference being is that you can't do available light shooting with an F/2.8 lens. By the time nightfall reaches you'll be reaching for a flash, or boosting your ISO to keep your shutter speed up and wit µ4/3 you really dont want to be doing the later.