Will I have problems with lens distortions when coupled with Oly OM-D for architectural photos? Thanks.
1728846
I was in an art museum and took several pictures of framed paintings. I did have very significant distortion at that closer range. No experience as of yet with buildings but I would assume that with a 17mm there would be some distortion.
1728847
There will be some distortion, similar to any lens up through probably 25mm. It is very subtle if noticeable at all unless you are right up on the structure. Easily correctable in LR5. Nothing like UWA or FE for distortion.
1728848
Depends on a lot of factorsHow far away, point of position to the objectU have always distortions ! There is no lens w/o
1205529
I have assumed that low light photography, with this lens, would be a bad idea. So I haven't tried it. Maybe I have been missing a bet! We should both get the answer through trial.
31709
I don't check e-mail often and I did not realize reviewing the product would result in questions. I would say no for the arena. And if you changed the aperture it would have bad depth of field and if you change the ISO you would lose too much detail. My biggest objection is the utter frailty of the camera. They don't honor either warranty and one I believe needed a magnifying glass to "prove" I dropped my second try. Now I am trying Olympus. But reading directions is against my religion. Dersa
917658
IMHO.....the issues you mention are lens and not filter issues. I use my star filters on one of Nikon's sharpest lenses, the 35mm f 1.8 DX which according to some reviewers, has a boatload of barrel distortion. Who knew? All I ever get are razor-sharp contrasty, colorful images. For all practical purposes, unless you're making huge crops, none of the above "imperfections" are even remotely noticeable, and none are caused by the filters.
1160301
Yes . . . FD-EF See: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D8X72G?ref_=pe_527950_33920250. I use it with all my old FD lens to adapt them to an EOS camera. I haven't really noticed any distortion. It even works on a doubler (2X) with long lens.
1773175
I think this is the best option without going nuts on budget, not cheap not so expensive. Distortion for Architectural is acceptable, obviously the more closer you are you will notice some, its not the 24mm or the zoom but believe me is sharp as hell, even more at f2.5 and f8 ... careful with a lil shift focus at night mostly at f4, other than that im super happy with this lens and i take it to travel a lot
350251
One more thing, unless you have excellent light collection, I'd be careful. Both of these lenses absorb some light, and at maximum magnification the image may be too dark.
243570
I am not sure. I have some with clear lenses that I really like. The lens is optically good and has very little distortion
90061
it depends on the design of the lens. It won't affect the image quality though.
130214
Can someone comment on how this is different from a "tilt-shift" lens costing hundreds of dollars more? I want to get into the realm of architectural photography, and have been told a tilt-shift is something good to have, but they also mentioned LensBaby.
542012
I think Tom's answer is the right think to do, I was photographing off road races the last week and as. A test bring my Oly epl 3 with two prime MD lenses a 50 and 200, using the same adapter and works surprisingly GOOD, if you try everything and doesn't work may be its defective! good Luck always here to help if you need.
88037
Depends. Are these manual focus lenses like the ones used on the oly film cameras? (also known as Olympus OM lenses). If not, if they are digital, then as long as they are 4/3 lenses, they will work. If you have OM style lenses, you can buy an adapter to mount these lenses. It fairly inexpensive, around $25-$40.
1484671
Bernard is correct I think. Any modern camera that meters through the lens *should* be fine but you may not like the results and may need to adjust a bit.
1385529
I have absolutely no problems with the lens. I use the lens on an Olympus OMD-EM1 and thus do not activate the OIS on the lens. I also have the Olympus 14-80 and they both move smoothly in the same way.
128567
I use it on an Olympus OMD5 and an Olympus Pen3 have not found any significant issues with distortion. I do have lenses both from Olympus and Panasonic ( the Lica series) that are sharper and better performers. I bought this lens because of its compactness when traveling. It is a good lens but not my best lens.
2093061
Depends on the lens, but usually it causes only about a 1/2 stop decrease in light. It doesn't degrade image "Quality". Although you may run into vignetting(again, depends on your lens and camera type).
1833849
Just beware of putting subjects on the edge of the frame when @ 17mm - 25mm. You are going to get horizontal distortion, not a ton but its not flattering to those on the side. No one would ever notice this on a landscape photo but when its a person... Pretty easy to fix in post if you have a decent software. Its a great lens though!