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Do we have a LB for Olympus OMD/Micro 4/3 yet?

Yup, the Composer Pro comes in Micro 3/4rds, and you might be able to find the older tilt Transformer on Ebay.

Hi Steve - we do have a Composer Pro for Micro 4/3rds, however, due to the shape of the hot shoe mount on the new Olympus OM D-5, the Composer Pro won't actually fit on it. I know that some people have purchased an adapter to put another mount lens on their camera and simply used their Nikon or Canon Composer Pro.

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Keri from Lensbaby

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Hi Steve - we do have a Composer Pro for Micro 4/3rds, however, due to the shape of the hot shoe mount on the new Olympus OM D-5, the Composer Pro won't actually fit on it. I know that some people have purchased an adapter to put another mount lens on their camera and simply used their Nikon or Canon Composer Pro.

Keri, will the tilt transformer/composer work on the OM-D MFT? I have 2 OM Pen E PL-1 cameras with one TT and a TT/C on the other.

To anyone interested, the Novaflex adapters are well constructed adapters, mine is MFT to Nikon, but others are available. I have used my (Nikon) composer pro and scout on this adapter with good success.

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God said, "Let there be light," and it was so....

Hey everyone - my sincere apologies on this, but we got some bad information - we tried it out ourselves this morning and the Composer Pro for M 4/3 fits fine on the OM D-5, it's the Tilt Transformer does not. Sorry to contribute to the confusion on this one!

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Keri from Lensbaby

See more of my work at [kerifriedman.com] or [www.flickr.com]

Thanks Keri, I will get the MFT composer pro if I purchase the OM D.

I am considering a Nex 7 also, the larger sensor is a big plus.

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God said, "Let there be light," and it was so....

Sadly my Tilt Transformer won't fit my OMD, my body of choice for m4/3. I bought it when it first came out and have loved it with an old Nikkor 35/2 and 24/2.8. I can still use it with my Panasonic G3 but hate to carry two bodies all the time. I still have a 4/3 Composer (bought for my original Panasonic G1) which I can use with a 4/3 to m4/3 adapter on my OMD but I lose the ability to use true tilt. I also have the LB2 twisty with EOS mount so I can't bring myself to buy yet another m4/3 mount LB LOL.

I have had a Lensbaby composer for my Nikon DSLRs for a couple of years... and this year started using an Olympus OM-D for travel. I just looked at some of the Lensbaby photos I shot a while back and now I'm thinkin... yup, need one of those on my Olympus.

A couple of questions then re: the "Lensbaby Composer Pro With Double Glass Optic (For Micro 4/3)":

1) Is that pretty much the equivalent of the Composer for my Nikons?

2) it says "For Micro 4/3rds." There are several different kinds of lens mounts in the M4/3 format - how does the LensBaby know which mount I have?

Satisfactory answers to those questions and I think I know what I'm getting myself for Christmas...

Thx,

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Driver,

I too have OM-D and EP-1, and use it now more often than my Nikon or Pentax dslr due to weight and portability...

1 - don't know, but my guess would be "similar"... I simply bought an adapter Pentax-K to Micro 4/3 and use my Pentax mount Lensbabies on both Olympus cameras(Nikon Ai to m/43 are also available, and very inexpensive)... Drawback - bit bulkier setup than dedicated m4/3 composer...

2 - actually, Micro 4/3 mount is exactly the same, be it Panasonic or Olympus (others, such as Sony, Fuji, Samsung etc. while mirrorless, they are not Micro 4/3, they have their own mounts)

Hope this helps some... Regards,
D

Here is what OM-D with adapted (PK mount) Composer looks like...