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(More customer reviews)Edit--- Since this review I've gotten another to find out there are off brand ones going around. True fotodiox adapters are much better than the off brands. They will have the name on the side and screw in before needing to be tightened by the Allen key. The no name off bard I have has already been striped by switching between SR and 4/3. I do not beleive this will be a problem with the proper ones. Just a heads up- touted as used may be off brand.
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Great product. I have the 40-150 4-5.6 and have been unhappy with the amount of unacceptable blur I get at the 5.6 mark. This product for less than $20 allows me to use a nearly impossible otherwise 170mm 1.7 (when you adapt a 85m f/1.7 Minolta MD on a 2x crop frame). A 200mm f/2.8 becomes a 400mm f/2.8 for less than $200, used. The ability to use super fast, super long Minolta lenses on the 4/3 system is a great advantage that makes up for the infamous lack of affordable 4/3 lenses.
For those who fine the lack of tactile feedback on digital disappointing because of their familiarity with 35mm film will find themselves right at home with an adapted MD/MC. An adapted lens works in manual mode by adjusting the shutter speed with the toggle wheel on the body and turning the aperture ring on the lens accordingly. I find the E-520 meters after a test shot is taken and you can stop up or down accordingly. I can't speak for other models.
Be warned that with some lenses the diaphragm pin is not entirely accounted for by the adapter so you will have to mount the adapter just slightly less than locked. With the tight fit and metal mount this has never been a problem for me. It is as snug as can be. It also take a minute to get used to mounting. It needs to be wiggled into place. But again the benefits far outweigh the trouble.
Overall I suggest this product to anyone who wants to make use of their old lenses, add lenses to their kit at bargain prices or fully utilize the advantages of the 2x crop frame to get some of the longest, fastest lenses possible. It's also worthy to note that tilt shift lenses (a glaring omission from the 4/3 system) can be mounted from many systems with the adapters that this company manufacturers. While Olympus currently makes about 24 high quality lenses, your options are open to a new world when you consider adapters. Being complacent with our limited choice is no longer a sacrifice we have to make with the 4/3 system. I believe the discerning photographer will be very happy utilizing and paying for Minolta manual focus lenses on their 4/3 body with this adapter.
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If you have a SLR or DSLR camera and other maker/mount lenses, the Fotodiox Mount Adapters allow you to use your lenses on the film/digital camera body. Sharing lenses has some distinct advantages.Certain prime lens just can't be replaced, and you save cost of purchase lenses. Fotodiox offers a range of adapter from large format to smaller format digital adapters.Adapting larger format lens, i.e., large format - medium format, medium format - 35mm, excellent edge-to-edge sharpness; and the smaller 24x36 mm image field helps minimize the effects of lens distortion and aberration.
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