I am hoping to add a few lens adapters to try some of my old prime lens on the GH2. Out of Lecia M, Olympus OM or Olympus Pen half frame which would you suggest I try first? Having spashed out on rather too much camera gear so far- funds are rather short! Hence not rushing out and getting all the adapters! I have 35/50/90mm for Lecia. 28/50mm for the OM. And WA/Std/Tele (not sure of the actual focal lengths without going in the attic!) for the Pen.
Does the £200 Panasonic Lecia M adapter really offer anything over the much cheaper £20 adapters- or is it just grossly overpriced!
cheers
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06-18-2012 06:37 AM
nothing extra in panasonic adapter (except of name and diffirent release locks and metal compositions /panasonic seems are steel, but cheap are aluminium/ ) presision of cheap adapters are good enough ...
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06-18-2012 12:58 PM
Get the Leica M adapter first. An inexpensive adapter like Fotodiox is fine (that's what I use with my L-R's). You may decide that you don't need to bother with any other lenses afterwards, except maybe a couple wider Leicas. I also have a sorely unused set of OM Zuikos... they're nice glass, just not as nice as the Leicas.
Regarding adapter value, I tested the Fotodiox vs. the Panasonic L-R adapter... the cheaper adapters may need some minor thin-screwdriver tweaking to mount the lenses solidly, the Panasonic adapter just works without tweaking.
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06-22-2012 10:20 AM
Thanks, I will give the Fotodiox M adapter a go!




Which adapter should I go for first?

