on 7/30/01 7:38 PM, Winsor Crosby at wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> What is this lens? I know it's not a Pen FT lens. And it's not a
>> LTM lens. The rear picture shows a bayonet mounting flange.
>>
>> It is labeled Olympus OIC and MIOJ, putting it in the late 40's or early
>> 50's.
>>
>> Was Olympus making any bayonet cameras during that time? I'd have
>> thought it might be an Ace lens, but they made only a 35/2.8 in a
>> WA, and the Ace lenses had black focusing rings. This is obviously
>> earlier. Maybe it's an Olympus lens made for an SLR like the
>> Contarex/flex, LeicaFlex, etc.?
>>
>> RARE Olympus 40cm 1:3.5 Lens Pen FT NR!
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1260173698
>>
>> Skip
>>
>
> Mysterious! Both the lens and the message.
>
> The pictures show what looks like a bayonet all right. I suspect it
> was made for another make of camera. Even Nikon did that during the
> occupation. There was no Leicaflex then. There was no M3 yet. Only
> Leica screw mounts. Pentax and Practica had screw mounts.I don't know
> about others. Could it be an auxiliary lens for a fixed lens camera
> like a folder or TLR?
>
> This message came with no subject line and no [OM]. Software glitch?
Nikon rangefinders had bayonet mount from the start I think, and maybe
Minolta also... Olympus also made a line of interchangeable lens
rangefinders in the early 50's I think... that lens is probably pretty rare.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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