Use (nearly) any lens on a micro four-thirds camera
from Engadget:
The German outfit Novoflex has just announced an adapter that will allow you to mount Leica lenses onto your Micro Four Thirds system cameras. Due out this month at €149 (about $193), the mount is one in a planned series, with adapters for Leica R, Nikon, Contax / Yashica, Olympus OM, Pentax and Minolta MD lenses expected in February. Of course, the only MFT camera out there is Panasonic’s Lumix G1, but with a new Olympus on the horizon and more sure to follow, this is certainly good news for all of you budget-conscious photographers out there.
This is great news. I’m a big fan of such adapters, using non-canon lenses (with adapter) on my 5d more often than not. And the micro four-thirds format, it has been known, should allow the use of any lenses via an adapter. So now it’s a reality. This is great news. Why? It’s all about interchangability – Why would you want to be stuck with a bunch of canon (or nikon, or leica, or contax) lenses, if you could use any kind of lens with any kind of camera? It’s one reason I prefer the Canon EOS system over Nikon – I can use canon AND nikon (plus contax, leica, and olympus) lenses on my camera. You can’t use Canon lenses on a Nikon camera, however.
