I can think of no way of breaking this to you gently Brian, but there
are truly evil people afoot in this world who do indeed monkey with
the very best of our beloved zuikos.
I know of a 180mm f2 that was adapted (butchered) to a Leica mount.
Converting it back would require a new rear section of the lens body,
which I believe may be unavailable.
Then there is the 250mm f2 adapted to a Canon mount.
There is this 24mm f2.8 shift, which probably has been modified and I
have heard of several other 24mm shift being adapted to suit evil
purposes.
Why the blazes these evil doers don't just stick a cheap OM body on
the end of these lenses beats me. It would surely cost far less than
the original modification, not to mention preserve the re-sale value.
Giles
Mark, I think the lens will still be intact. Look at the ad. again.
Custom body.
Clearly made to use with what the owner saw as being a champion lens they
wouldn't want to monkey with. Piece of cake to make a body and back set-
up. (Well, sometimes tricky cake, but very possible). The lens is
the difficult
bit. Why mess that up? I think he/she would leave well alone.
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