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new Olympus OM G could it be an April fool (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter ammadoux
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http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/01/mockups-emerge-of-new-olympus-om-g
You're right, at the bottom it says it's a joke.
You're right, at the bottom it says it's a joke.
Don't worry, I fell for the April fools joke on 43rumours. Of course, I saw it while my time still said March 31
Niels
ammadoux
Registered doux
Gurrrrrr |!| now you made the Olympus girl made.
Adey Baker
Member
It was quite a 'clever' April Fool' from DPReview - though rather poorly executed (in one shot, the lens is tilted upwards at a different angle to the body!).
'Clever' because they recognised from numerous posts in various 4/3rds forums the desire for a full-frame Olympus body to take all those 'wonderful' Zuiko 'legacy' lenses that everyone seems to have stashed away somwhere. To be honest, apart from a few of the later, very expensive designs, I'm not sure that they'd stand up to close scrutiny on a modern high megapixel digital body.
It's easy enough to try them out on something like a Canon full frame body, say, via an inexpensive adapter anyway. You have to use manual focus and manual aperture control - a bit slower than regular auto lenses, but easy enough if you're not in a hurry and there'd be plenty of examples around the internet if they produced outstanding results
'Clever' because they recognised from numerous posts in various 4/3rds forums the desire for a full-frame Olympus body to take all those 'wonderful' Zuiko 'legacy' lenses that everyone seems to have stashed away somwhere. To be honest, apart from a few of the later, very expensive designs, I'm not sure that they'd stand up to close scrutiny on a modern high megapixel digital body.
It's easy enough to try them out on something like a Canon full frame body, say, via an inexpensive adapter anyway. You have to use manual focus and manual aperture control - a bit slower than regular auto lenses, but easy enough if you're not in a hurry and there'd be plenty of examples around the internet if they produced outstanding results
If the second "made" = "mad" then let me explain;
I am old enough to have owned an OM-1 - a brilliant camera.
I own an E400 - bought just as Olympus quietly abandoned 4/3.
Years of financial skulduggery and incompetence.
Need I say more?
Andy
Can you get an adapter for Canon for Olympus lenses? I thought the flange distance was too high in most cameras other than 4/3 and M4/3.
Adey Baker
Member
You can indeed - I've got one of these: http://srb-photographic.co.uk/canon-eos-to-olympus-om-adaptor-2452-p.asp
They're made in China and should be available anywhere (SRB import them and machine them up if they're looking a bit rough!)
