Perceptive Light

A good micro four thirds intro article on digitaltrends.com
I first saw the Olympus concept camera (above at) Photokina in ’08 and thought Geez I like that design, then a few hours later I handled and ran off a few shots on the first micro four thirds G1 at the Panasonic stand. After I removed the lense for a squiz inside I was instantly drowned in thought bubbles hey this mount ring is close enough for this camera to take any numbers of legacy lenses. My next thought was OMG I will be able to use my Canon FD lenses on a digital camera. I was floating on thought bubbles! FD lenses are beautiful things many of which are the equal of Leica and Zeiss lenses. These lenses were made at a time when the now behemothic Canon was the underdog of the camera manufacturers world and really struggling to compete with likes of Nikon and as such produced some wonderful glass. A few of those fast FD lenses and the certainly their macro offerings were better than most at the time and brilliant on any of the current micro four thirds cameras.

I know of one top flight Perth wedding photographer who still uses the FD 85mm f1.2 on a T90 just for his in church shots and he is an absolute dyed in the wool Nikon digital shooter! With some work, some of the FD lenses can be adapted to Leica M mount and often are – High praise indeed.

I bought into micro four thirds system with Olympus’s second camera the EP-2 and it is a great camera in just about every feature. Olympus design has always been ahead of the game in many areas and the current PENs are no exception. I once handled an Olympus TLR and the attention to detail was every bit as good as some of the German equivalents, then there was the X1A and the OM series whose features were eventually copied by all the main players. The one area that is a bit weak in the new PENs is the UI, its well… er not as good as it could be but then again which current digital camera is. I am craving the day when I can connect my iPhone to my camera and use IOS 5 to control my camera! Anybody from Canon Olympus or Nikon Sigma Fuji etc listening?? If any of the majors do this I will buy their camera…. In the meantime if you are not that familiar with micro four thirds read this…