The G1.. finally getting appreciated?

Thanks, I know the PP is not to everyone's taste.

I have the 4/3 version of the 9-18mm which means I need the adaptor. It is CDAF enabled which means it will Auto Focus (not blindingly quick but acceptable), Auto white balance, and you can choose the Aperture.

I brought this when I first got my E-P1 as the micro version hadn't been released. The Micro one is pretty much the same in terms of quality except it AF's alot faster, is smaller and lighter. I think it works out cheaper to buy the Micro version (£500) rather than the 4/3 plus adaptor (£600).
 
Willo said:
Thanks, I know the PP is not to everyone's taste.

I have the 4/3 version of the 9-18mm which means I need the adaptor. It is CDAF enabled which means it will Auto Focus (not blindingly quick but acceptable), Auto white balance, and you can choose the Aperture.

I brought this when I first got my E-P1 as the micro version hadn't been released. The Micro one is pretty much the same in terms of quality except it AF's alot faster, is smaller and lighter. I think it works out cheaper to buy the Micro version (£500) rather than the 4/3 plus adaptor (£600).
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Hey willo thanks for the info,
I am seriously considering the oly 9-18 in m4/3 mount for my gf1/g1, seems at 500 quid it is less than half the price of the 7-14 panasonic and you can fit filters on the front too.

Do you have anymore shots with this lens please?
 
Seeing as you asked so nicely! Here's a few more:

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Hi folks,

Just found this thread. I've had a G1 since last October. Absolutely great camera. I started off with the 14-45mm and 45-200mm kit lenses and have subsequently bought the 20mm and 14-140mm lenses and sold the 45-200mm. I've also started a collection of legacy lenses for use via adapters - FD(7), OM(2) and a C/Y(1) mount lenses.

I really can't see the point in upgrading to a G2, the G1 does everything I want.

One day all cameras will be like the G1!

Paul :cool:
 
I've recently re-purchased a G1 with 14-45 (previous one was stolen whilst on holiday) and must admit I'd forgotten how good a camera it is (especially at £330 after cash back). The metering is much more consistent than my 5D and I'm constantly surprised by the amount of detail it pulls out.

I'm thinking of selling my canon 100 mm macro and getting a macro for the G1 as I reckon it'll be much easier to focus and use in that situation....
 
Just ordered a G1, went for the 14-45 kit in the end as although I don't really want the lens, looking at resale prices it brings the price of the body down to £200 ish, which was too good to resist!

In the process of selling up my 5D2 kit as it's not getting used, hoping the G1 + 20mm will get taken more places.
 
My G1 + 14-45 is arriving today, and 20mm f1.7 should arrive tomorrow....couple of questions :

1) What's the deal with batteries....£59 for a Panasonic one? Erm?

2) This may be a stupid question, but would my EF 100 f2.8 macro work with an adapter, before I sell it?
 
Thanks Richie - it was with an extension tube, can't remember what length sorry.

mid_gen - you can get third party batteries for around a tenner - some of them don't work with the latest firmware though.

I think you can get an adapter for the lens, but you won't have AF or control over aperture from the camera.
 
Guess I'll have to check the firmware when it arrives....****es me off that behaviour from Panasonic though, grr.

I can live without AF on the 100 2.8, but silly question, how would you control the aperture if you couldn't do it on camera?
 
Yeah it's a bit naughty. I have one cheap battery that does work with the latest firmware, an another that doesn't.

If there is no manual aperture control on the lens, I believe there is some kind of bodge involving setting it on a Canon body then using the AE lock, taking off the lens and putting it on the G1.
 
Ah, I'll probably just shift it then, and get a full manual lens for macro :)

Do you have details/supplier for the battery you have that works?
 
mid_gen said:
My G1 + 14-45 is arriving today, and 20mm f1.7 should arrive tomorrow....couple of questions :

1) What's the deal with batteries....£59 for a Panasonic one? Erm?

2) This may be a stupid question, but would my EF 100 f2.8 macro work with an adapter, before I sell it?
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Jupio ....See Amazon

Half Price of Panasonic one, I use it as spare for GF1 and G1 and works in both ok.
 
Hello - newbie here

I think i may have missed the boat here but are there still any G1 deals around ?

Fancy one as my first grown up camera :)

thanks
 
Mine was delivered yesterday...next day from Castle Cameras with the 14-45 was £360-something....

Ordered the 20mm from Amazon on Monday, which was allegedly 'in stock', but is still 'waiting for dispatch'.....grrr

What's the best option for macro? Adapter and an old MF lens? Merits of 14-140 vs 45-200?
 
mid_gen said:
What's the best option for macro? Adapter and an old MF lens? Merits of 14-140 vs 45-200?
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Well, the Panasonic Leica 45mm macro is a super lens, but it is a bit pricey. If you can afford it that's probably the best way to go, but you can get a very nice manual focus setup for under a £100, if you decide to go that route.

I've got a 14-140 and had a 45-200 (now sold). If you don't need the extra 60mm focal length, the 14-140 is a super walk about lens. It's slightly slower that the 14-45, but not so much that you would really notice. In terms of IQ, I couldn't really detect any measurable difference between the 14-45, 14-140 and 20mm F1.7 and sold my 20mm as well because I just wasn't using it. Unless you need/want a shallow DOF, you need to stop down the 20mm to get a decent DOF and then you're into the same territory as the 14-45 and 14-140 and the both have very effective OIS. I've taken interior hand held shots of up to 1/2 second at F8 (to get the DOF) with the 14-45 and you just couldn't do that with the 20mm. If I really NEED a shallow DOF I've got a Canon FD 50mm F1.4 and that lens is the Dog's Bs. Sorry to digress a little there.

All, just MO, of course.

Paul :cool:
 
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Danny_Two said:
Anyone using a wide angle convertor on their G1? If so which one? The WD lenses are a bit pricey at the moment.
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I've got an Olympus A-28, although having bought it on eBay (less than £20, I think, including a 52-49mm step down filter ring), I haven't actually taken it out to give it a whirl. :(

This is the post that led me to buy it. The original images in the post showed its quality very well, but they seem to have gone!

This is what it looks like:


The adapter vignettes on the 14-140, but is fine on the 14-45.

Paul :cool:
 
I've got that same one, also inspired by that thread, think it was around £15.

Here's a few pics taken with it and the 14-45

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What a nice bit of kit for the money.

There is no reason why it won't work with the GF1 is there?

What filter size would you go for?
 
I have two which work fine on my GF1 and DSLR lenses, a x0.42 and a x0.45.
 
RSMarco said:
What a nice bit of kit for the money.

There is no reason why it won't work with the GF1 is there?

What filter size would you go for?
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Hiya, I assume that you are referring to the A-28? If so, there is only one filter size. The adapter is designed to screw into the filter ring of a 49mm OM lens. To use it with the 14-45 Panasonic lens, you need a 52mm to 49mm step down filter ring. This works fine on the 14-45 without causing any vignetting. Using the adapter with other lenses will depend on their filter size and may cause vignetting. For example the 14-140 has a filter size of 62mm (if memory serves me correctly) and a 62mm to 49mm step down ring does cause vignetting (I know, I tried it!).

The adapter fits onto the front of the lens, so it is really camera independent.

A final point. The A-28 has very high optical quality. Other adapters (and there are a lot of them) may well produce inferior images, particularly resulting in Chromatic Aberration and fringing.

Paul :cool:
 
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Hiya, I assume that you are referring to the A-28? If so, there is only one filter size. The adapter is designed to screw into the filter ring of a 49mm OM lens. To use it with the 14-45 Panasonic lens, you need a 52mm to 49mm step down filter ring. This works fine on the 14-45 without causing any vignetting. Using the adapter with other lenses will depend on their filter size and may cause vignetting. For example the 14-140 has a filter size of 62mm (if memory serves me correctly) and a 62mm to 49mm step down ring does cause vignetting (I know, I tried it!).

The adapter fits onto the front of the lens, so it is really camera independent.

A final point. The A-28 has very high optical quality. Other adapters (and there are a lot of them) may well produce inferior images, particularly resulting in Chromatic Aberration and fringing.

Paul :cool:
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Thanks mate.
TBH I'm not sure which is the correct one I would search for. I have the Panasonic 20mm and the 14-45mm. So what is the best / genuine one to look for?
Also, which adapters are best?

Many thanks

Mark
 
RSMarco said:
Thanks mate.
TBH I'm not sure which is the correct one I would search for. I have the Panasonic 20mm and the 14-45mm. So what is the best / genuine one to look for?
Also, which adapters are best?

Many thanks

Mark
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Hi Mark,

As the 14-45 is already a wider angle than the 20mm, it doesn't make sense to use a WA converter on that. There are adapters that have a filter diameter of 52mm (which the 14-45 has), but as I have no direct experience of them, I can't really comment. The only one I can recommend is the Olympus A-28, which as I said has a filter diameter of 49mm, so you would need a 52mm to 49mm step-down filter ring as well. There are many suppliers of the step-down ring on eBay selling from £1.32. There is only one A-28 for sale there at the moment, but that is quite a bit more expensive than Graham and I paid at £39.99 delivered. It does look in v. good condition though.

Perhaps woof woof would like to give us more information about the ones that he uses?

Also, I understand that Raynox WA lens converters are good quality as well but they are > £100!

Hope this helps.

Paul :cool:

PS. I've just realised that I have a 52mm WA converter that came packaged with something else that I bought. I may dig that out and see what the quality is like. Its this one and comes with a macro lens add on as well. If the quality is acceptable, it's not bad value at £12.95 and you wouldn't need a step-down filter ring.
 
Thanks Paul, much appreciated..!
 
"Perhaps woof woof would like to give us more information about the ones that he uses?"

The x0.45 is made by Pixco and described as "wide angle converter WC-52E45" and has a 52mm thread, it's as used by some in the GF1 thread. It seems optically ok to me.

The x0.42 is a Bower super wide and has a 55mm thread, it's not optically very good, it also vignettes on my GF1 but it's ok in the centre and it's a bit of cheapo fun.

To see the various fields of view here's the same shot taken with GF1 20mm, 20mm + x0.45 and then + x0.42. The last picture is the GF1 + 20mm fitted with the x0.42.

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Hey woof woof!

That Pixco x0.45 looks quite good in that second image. You'd have to look at a much higher res. shot to be certain, but it doesn't look too bad at all. On the 20mm that'll give you a focal length of 9mm, which is plenty wide enough for most purposes. I'd like to see it on a 14-45mm, where it would give an FL of 6.3mm. :eek: That would be interesting! :thumbs:

I've had a look at the cheapo one I mentioned that I had. It's made by Neewer and it's x0.45 as well, so when it stops raining here I'll run a test showing the 14-45 on its own, with the A-28 and with the Neewer x0.45. Probably have to be tomorrow or Sunday now though.

Paul :cool:
 
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