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Using OM lens with E-PM2 newbie question

Started Jan 17, 2015 | Questions thread
Johnny The Greek Regular Member • Posts: 251
Re: Using OM lens with E-PM2 newbie question
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I'm arriving very late to the party, but I use several manual focus legacy lenses to fair effect, some better than others.

I picked up a 50mm f1.7 Pentax SMC lens for about 60 bucks and an adapter for about 5 more, and here's what I've noticed:

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In cold weather, the lens doesn't fit snugly to the adapter anymore, and you can hear a "click" "click" as you try to focus--to me it doesn't really affect the performance, but it is annoying.  In warmer weather the adapter and lens expand to eliminate this noise.

--The lack of EVF requires you to REALLY pay close attention to your subject and focusing becomes trickier--what looks razor sharp on the screen turns out to be less than stellar on a monitor.

--"A" aperture settings on the E-PM2 renders the f-stops on the lens useless in some situations, but when fully manual, the Pentax lens allows for some half and quarter stops in-between each number, where as the OM lens doesn't.  Both great pieces of glass, however.

I generally use mine for black and white photography, but it's equally adept however you use it.

Comedian Walter Hong

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