Thread: Best Camera for Legacy Glass?

The Micro 4/3 cameras were never the easiest to manually focus with. I almost always used the magnified view which requires a two stage process for focusing and composition. It's not really an issue now since after picking up an Olympus 45/1.8 my legacy lens adventure has basically come to an end. The 25/1.4 and 45/1.8 now well and truly cover my most commonly used manual focus lenses.

Originally Posted by Luckypenguin

The Micro 4/3 cameras were never the easiest to manually focus with. I almost always used the magnified view which requires a two stage process for focusing and composition. It's not really an issue now since after picking up an Olympus 45/1.8 my legacy lens adventure has basically come to an end. The 25/1.4 and 45/1.8 now well and truly cover my most commonly used manual focus lenses.

I'd agree with you its not easy but its better on the OMD than it was on my EP2, even just being able to set a shortcut for the magnified view is a step up from the EP2.

I do think the focus peaking in the NEX is ideal for legacy glass but on a native front I feel the NEX is lacking v the OMD and the m4/3 lineup both in lenses and bodies.

Now that I have the 25mm and 45mm native lenses its really just going to be for the few few times I use a telephoto prime that I need MF for, and to be honest with the current prices I'm likely to pickup something like the 45-200 anyway at some point.

Originally Posted by Luckypenguin

The Micro 4/3 cameras were never the easiest to manually focus with. I almost always used the magnified view which requires a two stage process for focusing and composition. It's not really an issue now since after picking up an Olympus 45/1.8 my legacy lens adventure has basically come to an end. The 25/1.4 and 45/1.8 now well and truly cover my most commonly used manual focus lenses.

With the P14, P20 and O45 I tend to agree that there is little need for legacy lenses on an m43 body. With the 2x crop factor legacy lenses provided some interesting opportunities for fast telephoto lenses prior to the introduction of the 45/1.8. I too found that manually focusing wasn't the best experience on m43. It works but when you compare it to doing it a platform that really does it well like the NEX you can really see how clumsy it on on m43 (even with an EVF).

I am finding that my NEX with 24/2.8 and 50/1.4 legacy lenses is just as capable and convenient a kit. It really depends what you're looking for experience wise. Right now, I'll grab the NEX and sme manual focus glass over any of my m43 bodies with native glass almost always. It might be that I'm still in the infatuation stage of a new camera but it sure gives me pleasing results and is a lot more fun to use. Part of it for me is that I tend or tweak the focus manually to get the image the way I want it so the advantage of having AF is really minimized.