Pentacon 50mm f/1.8

Steve M · 9 Mar 2014 at 19:36

I have a Panasonic Lumix G3 Micro 4/3 camera and fancied a change from the 14-42mm zoom lens that came with it..

I went on fleabay and picked up a M42 adapter and a mint Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 lens for a combined £20.

As everything on the lens including the focus is manual, I had a good time getting to grips with it and was quite a change from my usual point and shoot photography with the kit lens.

Review of the lens here: http://slrlensreview.com/web/reviews/misc/pentacon/533-pentacon-auto-50mm-f18-mc-m42-lens-review

Here's a few shots I took today with it.

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Steve M · 9 Mar 2014 at 22:44

Cheers

Yes pleased with how they turned out, especially for what I paid for the lens.

Gonna have a look to see what other lenses I can pick up for the screw fit/m42 adapter. Any recommendations?

Steve M · 10 Mar 2014 at 09:19

I love my G3.

It's compact, light, easy to use and delivers very decent image quality for the price.

Not tried the G5, but i think it uses the same sensor as the G3 and is pretty much on a par image wise.

Steve M · 10 Mar 2014 at 19:20

Love Clumber Park.

I'm from Derby

Steve M · 12 Mar 2014 at 17:25

PardonTheWait said:
I've been buying up a few Olympus OM fit lenses since I got my G5.

Already have an Olympus Zuiko 50mm f1.8, an Zuiko 35-70mm f3.5, and a Miranda 28mm f2.8

Got a Miranda 28-200mm coming too. Mostly using them all for video but they're ridiculous cheap, nice lenses too. M4/3 is great for being able to adapt pretty much anything to it and MF isn't a bother with video because it's what I'd be using anyway mostly.

You got a link to any of your shots taken with the lenses?