new to me em5

i just closed the deal on a lightly used em5 with the olympus grip and 12-50 lens,i shoot with a sony a7 now mostly and i have many minolta lenses that i luv,has any one used old minolta or manual focus nikon lenses on the em5?results good or bad,i haven't received the em5 yet hope to have it next week maybe,i also have some decent canon lenses i would like to use with it,any one use canon glass thanx

How is the Oly working for you?

Dave

2mnycars wrote in post #17808600
How is the Oly working for you?

Dave

the em5 is working awesome,to tell u the truth if i got this before my sony i prob wouldn't have gott the sony,this little cam is amazing,the ibis with old lenses is great,i have a pentax close focus 28mm f2 and its my go to lens,just picked up a 50mm f1.4 rokinon and wow is it nice on this little guy,i love this thing,i take it every where,this is a fantastic camera

I've been considering picking one up myself. I don't think Canon glass (at least EF/EFS) is going to work very well without expensive adapters. I think the metabones one is around $600. If you're using old MF Canon FD/FL glass or any MF glass for that matter then you should be good with simple adapters, although I don't think the M5 has focus peaking that some love when using MF glass. From what I hear, the experience with old MF glass is one of the strengths of mirrorless cameras.

Please note that I'm not talking from experience here, just from what little research I've done since I'm considering an M10 or M10 II purchase as a lightweight and compact travel camera. I have a few older FD lenses and Minoltas myself.

I'll be interested to see how you like it.

Lyndön wrote in post #17808646
I've been considering picking one up myself. I don't think Canon glass (at least EF/EFS) is going to work very well without expensive adapters. I think the metabones one is around $600. If you're using old MF Canon FD/FL glass or any MF glass for that matter then you should be good with simple adapters, although I don't think the M5 has focus peaking that some love when using MF glass. From what I hear, the experience with old MF glass is one of the strengths of mirrorless cameras.

Please note that I'm not talking from experience here, just from what little research I've done since I'm considering an M10 or M10 II purchase as a lightweight and compact travel camera. I have a few older FD lenses and Minoltas myself.

I'll be interested to see how you like it.

i use canon fd lenses and nikon and minolta all manual lenses.they work great,itdoesmt have peaking but magnify works very well,ibis is amazing with old glass,punch in the focal length and good to go,i use the em5 more than my sony a7.the features the em5 has are unbelievable,live time is a sick feature,get one,they are cheap now with em5ii out,I've seen them very cheap,i can't say enough about this cam

Oops, didn't realize your original post was from a while back :-p. Glad you're happy with it. I've heard the live update function is amazing for lightning and fireworks, etc. It seems like an awesome little camera.

Lyndön wrote in post #17808668
Oops, didn't realize your original post was from a while back :-p. Glad you're happy with it. I've heard the live update function is amazing for lightning and fireworks, etc. It seems like an awesome little camera.

ya i got this a few months ago and its been very good,i was amazed by the features and the images are just awesome.i am more than happy with this thing

I had e-m5, really amazing camera, If I could stick a larger sensor in it, i would have never sold it.

I liked my em5 too but I don't miss the mushy buttons