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PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:53 am    Post subject: Olympus PEN lenses Reply with quote
Olympus has a brilliant line of lenses for the PEN series half frame cameras. Has anyone heard of any mount conversions for cropped cams? It seems as though they should work with the 4/3 system. Idea Mostly just curios. Question


PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well I guess nevermind Embarassed I find this was a RF system. Today I looked thrue the portfolio of a new friends work and she has many beautiful shots taken with a Olympus Pen and lenses. I did not have a lot of awareness of this system. Apperently it was a quite high quality but short lived system. If anyone has something to add from experience please do. Smile I will try and get a link to my new friends work if there is one.


PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olympus Pen F was a nice SLR with a register distance of 28.95 mm.

Veijo


PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I used a PEN FT for 12 years, and apart from the metering arrangement, it is a wonderful camera, good lenses.

Due to the small register distance, these lenses won't get infinity focus if mounted on a full size SLR. On the other hand, I recall there were adapters to mount OM lenses on the PEN.


PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
edit: Embarassed my comment was off, deleted it.

Last edited by kuuan on Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:05 pm; edited 2 times in total


PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have only one experience with the Pen F. It was with the zoom 50-90.

Very good lens. It remind me the 70/75-150 in 35mm.

If I don't remember wrong, the f (FT and FV) had two normals (38 F/1,8, 40 F/1,2 or 1,4) three or four wide (my wife used the 25/4 with five elements, it was good), a pretty line of portrait lenses (60, 70 mm F/ 1,8 and F/2) and teles to 600 or 800 mm.

I lost the information long time ago. Sorry.

The Pen F lenses way may be very good for me.


PostPosted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If interested, I have the manual, and if it has the lens line up I'll scan and post.


PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here you go, the lens and accessory line up:







full size scans at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nesster/sets/72157594578815656/


PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Pen F lenses are quite good and would cover the APS frame; but unfortunately the Pen body was much thinner than any DSLR and so they cannot be adapted......

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