I've been looking for one of these for some time. The ones I found were in excellent condition but the asking price was simply too steep. And then one came up on ebay for a good price and I took the plunge. I've heard good things about it and wanted it for my Nex and Olympus systems. I tend to use the Nex system mostly for manual focus legacy lenses and the Olympus E-PL1 gets used for the same purpose. I find manual focusing with the E-PL1 better than all the remaining Olympus cameras. Don't ask me why, it must be a personal thing. The fact that it has the old 12MP sensor in it doesn't really matter, although when using the new sensors you can tell that the sensor is getting old. The new sensors Olympus are using are so much better.
I've been waiting for a m4/3 camera with focus peaking and all of a sudden Olympus and Panasonic bring them out onto the market. Which one I'll go for is uncertain but I will buy one just for these lenses. If anyone is interested in these manual focus lenses I can highly recomment the Voigtländer lenses (made by Cosina) because they offer a lot and the price is right. Build quality is very high and they really shine on these modern cameras. You can buy some very cheap legacy lenses from all manufacturers (present and past) but I like to know what I'm going to get. I'll spend a little more, but guaranteed the image quality is that much better.
Take a look at the composite above and tell me that you're not impressed by the image quality.
I've been waiting for a m4/3 camera with focus peaking and all of a sudden Olympus and Panasonic bring them out onto the market. Which one I'll go for is uncertain but I will buy one just for these lenses. If anyone is interested in these manual focus lenses I can highly recomment the Voigtländer lenses (made by Cosina) because they offer a lot and the price is right. Build quality is very high and they really shine on these modern cameras. You can buy some very cheap legacy lenses from all manufacturers (present and past) but I like to know what I'm going to get. I'll spend a little more, but guaranteed the image quality is that much better.
Take a look at the composite above and tell me that you're not impressed by the image quality.
