Hi Philip
Just want to know what the "adaptall" is all about. THough I know a bit to
say it will allow one to combine a lens and body of different types, is
there such an adapter that will mount our Zuikos on all sorts of cameras?
What other moedern camera bodies can we mount a Zuiko using such adapters. I
am interested because the new camera bodies have seem to have better
electronics and flash modes.
Regards
Titoy
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Schroeter <philschroeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Roll Call
>Philip Schroeter
>North Yorkshire
>England
>
>
>Hello all
>
>I've been lurking for a few months - not said much 'cos by the time I've
got
>up to date with the list any contribution I might make has been adequately
>covered.
>
>Got into photography with a Zenit E in '75, replaced this with an OM1 & 50
>f/1.8 in '77 (still my main 35mm camera), rapidly added second-hand OM1
>(currently in need of repair), Vivitar 28 f/2.5, Vivitar 70-150 f/3.8,
cheap
>Sigma 18 f/3.5 & Zuiko 135 f/3.5. - all fairly ordinary glass but does the
>job. Recently got an OM10 with 50 f/1.8 MC (it was cheaper than getting the
>OM1 repaired).
>
>My wife, Helen, who I met at college where we were studying the same
>photography course uses Nikon FMs - fine cameras but klunky compared with
>the OM1. I've just bought her a Tamron 35-70 f/3.5 adaptall 2 for her
>Christmas pressy - waiting for the first results to see if it's worth
>getting an OM mount :-)
>
>Someone was asking about medium format.
>I did wedding photography for a few years using a Mamiya C220 - great
>results. Then traded this in against a Bronica SQ-A. The Bronica is a
superb
>camera - my only regret is not keeping the Mamiya as backup. I've also used
>the Mamiya RB67 & Bronica GS1 - the RB67 is really at its best as a studio
>camera & the GS1 needs the prism to be useful. If you are getting a reflex
>camera then I think that 6x6 is the best format as it's easily usable with
>the WLF saving weight & cost.
>(BTW after producing copy & composite negs in pro labs for a number of
years
>I tend to think of 6x6 as small format!). About 20 years ago I had a Zenith
>80 but never got really sharp results from it - I suspect because the
>semi-auto diaphragm went off with such a klunk. Helen also had a Bronica
S2a
>at one time - great lenses. Only reason we got rid of it was the slow flash
>sync speed which was no good for fill-in flash on the weddings & portraits
>we were doing at the time. For metering I use a Weston Master V, normally
>taking a reflected light reading from a skin tone (back of my hand), not
>high-tech but simple, consistent & reliable.
>
>
>Cheers
>Philip
>
>
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