Dear K.....
Whats a C-mount ?
TMLee
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From: k.matsumoto <GHA02260@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] ......adaptors.....
>> Does Hama make them ?
>> Whats an M42 mount ? Is is screw mount ?
>
>Excuse me, maybe my former mail was confusing. AFAIK, adapters
>available (in Japan) for Olympus and Leica-R lens/bodies are as
>follows:
>
>==================================
>Lens Body
>
>LEICA-R Canon-EOS
>LEICA-R L39
>Mamiya-645 LEICA-R
>PENTAX-6x7 LEICA-R
>
>HASSEL OLYMPUS-OM
>M42 OLYMPUS-Pen F
>M42 OLYMPUS-OM
>Mamiya-645 OLYMPUS-OM
>Nikon-F OLYMPUS-OM
>Nikon-F OLYMPUS-Pen F
>PENTAX-6x7 OLYMPUS-OM
>PENTAX-645 OLYMPUS-Pen F
>OLYMPUS-OM C-mount
>OLYMPUS-OM Canon-EOS
>OLYMPUS-OM Canon-EOS
>OLYMPUS-OM L39
>OLYMPUS-OM Leica-M
>OLYMPUS-OM OLYMPUS-Pen F
>===================================
>
>I don't know if any of them are made by Hama. Yes, M42 is a screw
>mount with a 42 mm thread. It's not a Leica mount but a universal
>mount, as you know.
>
>> Very inreseting the guy who facbricated his own mount...... I can't read
>> Japanese........any other sources of info ?
>
>I don't know. I don't think many people do that. Despite the Leica
>R has a flangeback of 47 mm (OM=46 mm) and the mounts are almost the
>same in size, it seems that without a correction lens, you still
>have to grind down to shorten the length of the R lens to focus at
>infinitive. The lens also becomes not able to be mounted on a Leica
>again.
>
>Sorry, I feel like I'm not helping you at all...
>
>Kazuya Matsumoto
>
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