topic Re: Olympus ED lens for Canon 7D? in EF & RF Lenses

Olympus ED lens for Canon 7D?

cdiaz3 — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 01:03:02 GMT

I'm looking where to buy an adapter for an Olympus 70-300mm ED lens on a Canon 7D

Re: Olympus ED lens for Canon 7D?

cicopo — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 01:29:37 GMT

Don't waste your time or money on this.

Re: Olympus ED lens for Canon 7D?

cdiaz3 — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 02:42:05 GMT

Thanks for the advise. I was just asking because I got that Olympus lens laying around and want it to put it in use.

regards

Re: Olympus ED lens for Canon 7D?

amfoto1 — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 04:40:00 GMT

@cicopo wrote:
Don't waste your time or money on this.

Unfortunately, I have to agree.

Oly ED lenses are their modern, autofocus designed for use on their four/thirds format sensors.

So, even if you could find an adapter to fit it to a Canon, it would be manual focus only, there would be no way to control the aperture at all, and it's possible that the lens won't have a large enough image circle to cover the sensor of any Canon camera (Oly 4/3 sensors are smaller).

If you have no use for it, perhaps you should sell the Oly lens and put the money towards a lens that will work fully on your camera. The 70-300 ED lens appears to sell new for around $400. I have no idea what they cost used. (Search eBay for recent sales.)

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Re: Olympus ED lens for Canon 7D?

ebiggs1 — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:33:37 GMT

"Don't waste your time or money on this."

X 3! Bad idea.