Aha, that would explain the degree of differential focus.
Nice pics…
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With mine the focal length of the digital lenses is exactly half that of the 35mm equivalent.
What have you got?
Olympus (mirrorless) OMD Micro 4/3 system with E-M10 and E-M5 II with a plethora of lenses. Before that I had their 4/3 E502 (DSLR) with a plethora of lenses but found the viewfinder small and dim. I gave that lot to my niece and her family. The reason I was disappointed with the DSLR’s viewfinder was that for the previous 30 odd years I’d been using the OM film cameras which had large bright viewfinders (I’ve still got all the OM system stuff). Sadly I don’t do much at the moment, I think my get-up-and-go got up and left!
On the left my original OM1 and on the right my OMD E-M10.
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Nice. I’ve got an Olympus OMD-em10 mk2 and an OM 1 film camera. I also have some sony gear for wildlife.
So with M43, the focal length is double the 35mm equivalent, not half.
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No. The OMD 25mm standard lens is the same as the OM 50mm standard. The booklet that comes with the OMD lens gives you the 35mm film equivalent and it is twice that of the digital lens in all cases.
12mm OMD = 24mm OM
17mm OMD = 35mm OM
45mm OMD = 90mm OM
75mm OMD = 150mm OM etc., etc…
PS: This ratio between the digital/35mm film lenses is only for the Olympus/Panasonic micro 4/3 system, the ratio between the two lens types varies with make/format.
It depends on how you look at it.
You are correct, and so am I, but we’ve approached it from different angles.
Eg a 50mm m4/3 lens V a 50mm full frame/35mm film lens, the m4/3 is equivalent to 100mm taking the crop factor into account, which is double, not half the 35mm equivalent 
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They certainly were! At the time they were initially released the Nikon F and Canon F1 were the size of housebricks and weighed pretty much the same. The OM1 in my photo was 48 yoa in July! There is another OM1 and two OM2’s in my collection.
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A few things this week.
The Ribblehead Viaduct, the Hardknott Pass and this Wicker Man in a field somewhere in Scotland.
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Taken during a Sunday drive out with my missus, the tree reminds me of the film " The Thing" both that and the Church were taken in Suffolk.
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Ah yes, a man after my my own heart, I still shoot and develop B&W film on occasions, as well as using Digital, among other cameras I own I still use my old Mamiya 500DTL or Minox 35MB.
The OMs were good cameras and the digital versions are lovely little cameras too. 
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Very nice indeed , we have a soft spot for these, as I had a 1500 Spitfire in the early 80s we loved it, but what with a change of career and then kids it sadly had to go , but all ok again now as kids have flown the nest and we have the 5 
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Nicely processed…
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…manually, rather than in camera automatic …
Yes, I can see that
Derbyshire a couple of weeks back.
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