MFT Third party lenses

Likely will get an Oly MFT body at some point.

Is there a website or two updating and tracking all available native mount 3rd party lenses for MFT? Lots of companies now out there.

Thanks!

It's not totally comprehensive, but on DPreview you can pick Lens -> Lens Feature Search and then filter to M43


I find this doesn't cover everything, e.g., my TTartisan 10mm F2 isn't on the list. But a lot of others are from Samyang, Laowa, 7artisans, Lensbaby, Sigma etc

I should have specified AF. Thank you so far everyone

solarider said:

I should have specified AF. Thank you so far everyone

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Well that pretty well limits you to oem lenses anyway or EF mount lenses adapted to M4/3.

3rd party AF m4/3 makers isn't a huge list. The only bigs are Sigma and Tamron who have scant few options. Others like Samyang are just beginning to make AF m4/3 lenses but most 3rd party makers have MF options only.

Adapted four-thirds lenses (E-series Oly) will AF on m4/3 but updating firmware is lens-dependent. OM has removed some from the collection.

m4/3 Panny and Oly/OM can update cross-brand camera-lens combos.

Rick

Tom Caldwell said:

solarider said:

I should have specified AF. Thank you so far everyone

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Well that pretty well limits you to oem lenses anyway or EF mount lenses adapted to M4/3.

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Tom, did you notice the new Laowa 200mm F/2 comes in EF mount

Sigma has a trio of f/1.4 lenses - 16, 30, 56 - that are available natively in m4/3 mount. I've owned the 30 and 56 (still have the 56) and they are excellent.

This site, from the organization itself, is supposed to do exactly that:

https://www.four-thirds.org/en/lens/

Obviously it doesn’t do a very good job because it’s missing many manufacturers, like 7Artisans and TTArtisan.

James Stirling said:

Tom Caldwell said:

solarider said:

I should have specified AF. Thank you so far everyone

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Well that pretty well limits you to oem lenses anyway or EF mount lenses adapted to M4/3.

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Tom, did you notice the new Laowa 200mm F/2 comes in EF mount

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No I did not Jim. I don't have a lot of Laowa lenses as i have treated them as "interesting" but somewhat more expensive than some of their other Chineses made peers.

But I did invest my own ready AUD$ in buying a Laowa 15mm f4.0 Wide Macro 1:1 in EF which comes with a shift function built in and adapted it with the somewhat rare and hard to find Pixco twist to tilt EF-M4/3 adapter.

I tend to put my money where my mouth is when others have complained that they badly need a certain type of lens exclusively for the M4/3 mount and don't look for ways to work around it. I presume that this is more an enthusiasm for picking holes, that they know are unlikely to be fixed, than really looking for a solution.

I did buy, and prove, that such a lens could be easily made with a bit of pre-thought - but as usual this sort of out of the box thinking went down like a ton of bricks thirty seconds after the knock off whistle sounded.

As a side benefit I can alternatively dumb focal reduce this lens (which I believe has an aps-c image circle) to use it as a 10.5mm f2.8 shift lens on a M4/3 camera body. Wide enough for the most dedicated shifters?

Unfortunately it does not rotate but the twist to shift adapter does.

This all comes in a fairly compact package. It is also EF- manual focus only.

I just need enough (sadly lacking) energy now to get myself to a location where I can seriously use it.

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Tom Caldwell

Yet another way to get a fair idea is to go to the site of a good big retailer (e.g., B&H) select M4/3 mount, and then select "manual focus".

With very few exceptions, the AF lenses will be from the two OEMs (Panasonic and OM Systems), and the MF lenses will be from everybody else.

(Personally, I wouldn't even consider a MF lens on M4/3. It's tough enough trying to get pin-sharp focus on full frame. But as you like.)

Will Rose said:

This site, from the organization itself, is supposed to do exactly that:

https://www.four-thirds.org/en/lens/

Obviously it doesn’t do a very good job because it’s missing many manufacturers, like 7Artisans and TTArtisan.

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I think the "missing manufacturers" haven't joined the organization, whereas e.g. Laowa and Sigma have. That allows them to incorporate the patented electronic connections.

Tannin said:

Yet another way to get a fair idea is to go to the site of a good big retailer (e.g., B&H) select M4/3 mount, and then select "manual focus".

With very few exceptions, the AF lenses will be from the two OEMs (Panasonic and OM Systems), and the MF lenses will be from everybody else.

(Personally, I wouldn't even consider a MF lens on M4/3. It's tough enough trying to get pin-sharp focus on full frame. But as you like.)

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There is quite a legion of MF lenses available for M4/3 - both native mount and also adapted. I have never found MF with M4/3 particularly hard but agree that AF is easier.

Quite a lot hangs on how much the captured image is valued more than the satisfactory experience of crafting it.

Obviously a built TSR (Tilt/Shift/Rotate) lens but from two components is a little trickier to organise (impossible) for AF when the Laowa EF lens is already MF-only because of the technical difficulties of incorporating AF in a shift-enabled lens. However very wide lenses are almost always in focus - saved by optical geometry.