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Re: [OM] 100 /2.8 zuiko

Subject: Re: [OM] 100 /2.8 zuiko
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:37:48 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Frank van Lindert wrote:

|On Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:37:55 -0500 (EST), "John A. Prosper"
|<prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|
|
|>
|>At the time I bought achromat diopters, only Nikon was 
|>making diopters optimized for telephoto lenses.  I 
|>understand that Canon now offers tele-optimized achromat 
|>diopters as well.  I don't know if Minolta is doing this; I
|>DO know that they offer achromat diopters for standard
|>lenses, and I have bought one of these for my Zuiko 50/1.8.
|>
|John, maybe you don't know but Olympus now makes them too!
|
|Both the IS-B macro H.Q. converter (f=40cm or 2.5 diopters, 55mm
|thread) and the IS A-lifesize macro H.Q (f=13cm or 7.5 diopters, 49mm
|thread) work very well in the complete focal range of the IS-cameras
|they are meant for (starting at 35mm and going up to 180 and 135mm
|respectively). They are high quality achromats.

Thank you very much for the info.  It has taken me a while
to respond because I have been out due to corrective
surgery.  I haven't been paying very much attention to the
bridge camera world with the attendent accessories.  I will
look into the Olympus achromats for myself.


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