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Using OM lens with E-PM2 newbie question

Started Jan 17, 2015 | Questions thread
baxters Veteran Member • Posts: 5,319
Re: Using OM lens with E-PM2 newbie question

2raj wrote:
Any recommendations for good legacy portrait lenses and long zoom lens for birding?

At this point, you should spend as little as possible, since you might pitch the lens and adapter into the lake after your first days' use. Ninety percent of the users here cannot be bothered with manual lenses.

Get any 50mm made by a major camera maker. They've all been mentioned in previous posts. Maybe you have an older relative who shot SLR's 40 years ago who still has a camera and lens in the closet. Ignore the ebay sellers who ask big bucks for common lenses they got for $5 at a yeard sale or from their uncle.  Add your $10 adapter and see if you can make the EPM2 work for you.

As for long zooms, the above closets are full of 70-210 and 80-200 zooms. All of them are heavy and hard to use on any M43 camera. If you come across any Vivitar Series 1 70-210 zooms, they are relatively sharp (still low on contrast) and probably worth $20-25. Anything else, unless it says Nikon, Canon, etc,  has little value.

 baxters's gear list:baxters's gear list
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm F1.8 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F1.8
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