550D with Olympus Zuiko OM lenses
I just picked up 3 Olympus OM lenses, 50mm 1.4, 28mm 2.8 and a 35-70 f4 zoom, all in mint condition, total cost £95 + £13 for an OM to EOS adaptor. The 1.4 is amazing in low light. These lenses are incredably well made, really solid chunks, but much smaller than most older lensed from Canon, Nikon etc.Check it out here.
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You had a bargain for sure Colin, where do you shop for them,if its anywhere with paypal involved thats a no go i dont use it anymore.The trouble is i have spent far more than i should have with the 550 and stock lens, also a tamron 28-300mm, a hodloupe which is useless ,a couple of cards,my eyes are not too good for lcd focusing i have to be about 12" away and it takes a long time for me to be sure of perfect focus.
Regarding your film it looks like most of what i have done using neutral but today i tried portrait i have not checked it yet only briefly, what i find hard is losing resolution against my HV30.Thanks for your help. |
Yep, the OM lenses are sure nice on these Canons (I have several from my youth that have been sitting gathering dust until recently when they sprang into life again, in my case on a 7D). Some info on this link about the adapter I bought that might help someone considering this route.
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-eo...s-adapter.html |
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Good link Steve, Thanks.
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Shots were taken using Faithful. sharpness at 1 contrast down 2 saturation down 1 colour tone central I am still playing with the picture styles. Converting to Cineform really helps with its 10 bit correction for colour space and luma range, and of course, the converted files make editing a breeze. |
Nice score Colin! Besides being more compact than Nikon lenses I like that the iris ring on OM lenses is out in front by the filter threads rather than tucked in against the camera body.
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