the nikkor is nikon mount, the vivitar OM. nomad, does it matter? i'm using m4/3 adapters.

@amked I've tested old Nikkor 24/2.8 on the GH1 and didn't like it so much. But many people admire it, maybe I've tried just a lemon copy and this lens is better- can you not try it first? The price $ 128 is very good, though. The early series didn't have multi-coating, in that case it would be too expensive. This lens is still manufactured, one can have it brand new for some $ 530

@amked

This Nikkor has lots of CA. No idea about this Vivitar, many brands produced for them. Some are great, try it. Check in some second hand store also for old Minolta 24mm f/2.8 or equivalent Canon FD, both are excellent, maybe also bit cheaper.

I recently got a cheap as chips mint pentacon 29mm f2.8 in m42 mount. Really great lens for the money.

Overall, m42 is a mount with many cheap quality lenses.

Canon FD 24mm f/2.8 and it's the sharpest lens among canon FDs (except the Canon FD L 85mm f/1.2)

@sakattaq76
You can not claim that this lens is even the sharpest one among Canon FD lenses with focal length 24mm - it is just a wrong information you post here (already FD 24mm f/2.0 is obviously sharper) and it is nothing but bullshit to compare 24mm and 85mm lenses. If you care so much about the sharpness, there is a whole list of Canon FD lenses sharper than this lens.

My Nikkor 24mm F/2 is currently my favorite lens paired with my GH2 and anamorphic (until I drop the cash on a Voigtlander I'm sure). I've been shooting mostly nighttime, available light stuff at F/2.8 - F/4 at the most, admittedly, so currently I'm not leaning on it for sharpness. I'll have to see how it does with deep-focus, daylight stuff...one of these days.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/2420.htm

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/comparisons/24mm/

@driftwood i'm sorry for disturbing you.. i saw you write some time ago: "Ive just been given an old OM 24mm 2.8 Olympus / Vivatar and for a freebie its pretty darn good! It was made by Cosina in either 1986 or 76 judging by the serial. :-) "

I'm thinking about upgrading my old Canon HV30 with the new Panasonic GH3, hoping that the possibility to change from 50p to 60p will arrive soon..(i'm in Europe..and i'd like to shoot windsurfing action..like you could see from my avatar...) I'd like to try a new Lens with AF to helping me in this job.. Moreover to take picture or to make film with subject more steady..i found some old OM Zuiko lenses my father bought with a Olympus OM2-N.... 28mm f3,5 50mm f1,8 135mm f3,5 and i'd like to try to use it.. Is it technically possible to use these lenses with GH3 and it worth...? How could work the manual aperture control..? What kind of adaptor should i buy and where...? Thank you very much for the time you dedicate in helping me.. ws

@driftwood That looks just like the adapter I have. The only problem is it doesn't hold the manual aperture.

I was given an OM-2 in pristine condition with a couple three lenses but don't have any experience with a non-Nikon SLR. I'm assuming the little lever you can depress on the lens to manually engage the aperture setting is perhaps the camera's DOF preview? Anyway, there's a pin sticking into the barrel of the adapter near the lens coupling that looks like it may be there to hold this button in place on the OM lens, it just doesn't actually align to anything.

Given that these are inexpensive items made in China I've wondered if perhaps it's just an assembly error. Is this consistent with your adapter?

Yeah.

Before ordering another I'm going to see if I can find a screwdriver small enough to take off the top coupling and rotate it, hoping they just didn't align in properly. Otherwise that screw/pin serves no purpose being there at all except to potentially throw an odd flare inside the barrel.

@driftwood That should be the one that you are using..?

http://fotodioxpro.com/index.php/lens-mount-adapters/mirrorless-dslr/micro-4-3-mft-lens-adapters/olympus-om-lens-to-micro-4-3-mft-system-camera-lens-mount-adapter.html

Or on the european amazon site:

http://www.amazon.it/Fotodiox-Adattatore-Olympus-Obiettivo-Fotocamera/dp/B002TSWTAA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1361659137&sr=1-1

If you give me confirmation I'll buy one of these as soon as i'll buy the GH3 Body..

ws

@windsurf re: your fotodiox link - thats the ones I bought. No the GHx cameras receive no information about aperture - its all manual control aperture. Similar to Voightlanders. You set your exposure and shutter manually on GHx. Aperture is whatever you set it to - but its viewed as '0' on screen/viewfinder. Set shutter to 1/50 s speed / 100th etc keep it in PAL divisibles.

You;ll become used to working manually - its better and good education. :-)

@driftwood i've received today the adaptor..and i've try to use it with the 3 old lenses.. It seem the lenses are making a fine job..the clips i have taken seems really nice.

I've only noticed one little problem:

when I change the direction of rotation of the focus ring from near to far or vice versa adapter does a snap and the movement of the focus is not so soft it it straight .. This defect is not present if I use the objectives directly on the old camera body Olympus OM 2N. The defect from the tests that I did seems to be related to imperfect connection between the adapter and the lens. It seems to have a couple of millimeters of play. Instead the connection between the adapter and the camera body GH3 seems very good and stable.    Do you have this problem or is it a flaw in my adapter ..?

Because as I said I have only received today, if it is my fault to have this I would try to write to the provider asking for an explanation and possibly would try to make me change ..

Thanks for your help and good evening.

windsurf.

Ok thank you very much... So i try to write to the supplier.. ws.