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The Wonderful World Of Lumix G1 Mated With Ancient Lenses

May 31, 2013 by Udi Tirosh 3 Comments

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The Panasonic Lumix G1 was the first camera to feature a mirrorless interchangeable lens. It was ground breaking. Today the market is saturated with variations on micro 4/3 and mirrorless cameras, yet Yuji Takahashi gave his G1 a new life by mating it with ancient lenses from the past. How ancient? some go all the way back to early 1900’s.

Goerz Taro-Tenax(1912~26) Lens on LUMIX G1

Yuji stops at nothing to get a lens to work with the G1. Leather, velcro, foamies and pieces of metal are used in the adaptation process. The results are just as dreamy as you would expect.

Here is a picture taken with the Goerz Taro Tenax you see above

Goerz Taro-Tenax(1912~26) Lens Sample Images

Here is how the G1 was fitted with a Nikon F mount adapter (salvaged from an F90) so old Nikkor lenses can be used.

Nikon F-maunt original adaptar(ニコン仮面)

and a sample with the NIKKOR-S Auto 1:1.4 / 50

NIKKOR-S Auto 1:1.4 / 50 Sample images

Olympus D-Zuiko 1:2.8 F=38Mm

OLYMPUS C-AF QUARTZ DATE Lens on LUMIX G1

OLYMPUS C-AF QUARTZ DATE Lens Sample Images

Yashica Half 17 1:1.7 F=3.2Cm

YASHICA Half 17 Lens on LUMIX G1

YASHICA Half 17 Lens  Sample images

Canon Ixy Digital 400 7.4-22.2Mm 1:2.8-4.9

IXY-Degital camera Lens on LUMIX G1

IXY-Degital camera Lens  Sample images

While this post was focused on the Lumix G1 mods, Yuji has plenty of other goodies on his Flickr stream. Well worth a check.

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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