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Subject: [OM] Adapter from Poland, was: Re: Aftermarket MA-1 adapters spotted
From: Bernard Frangoulis <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:31:07 +0200
>Dorothée Rapp schrieb:
>
>>I inquired a little. It*s the one made in Poland. looks ugly for a
>>start, needs just a little polishing (it's made from aluminium) and is
>  >fully functional.
>>

BTW, I have recently bought the Nikon adapter 
made by the same company (foto-akcesoria in 
Lublin). I wanted to try out a Sigma 8mm for 
Nikon on my E-1. For 50 EUR, this adapter is much 
less expensive than the one sold by CameraQuest 
(USD 175).

The adapter is really a rather cheap affair, made 
of aluminium, not very solid perhaps. No problem 
with a smallish lens such as my Sigma 8mm, but I 
might not trust a 300mm on this thing.

In addition, at least with my Sigma 8mm, it is 
impossible to remove the adapter ring from the 
lens without mounting the ring+lens on the E-1 
body first, because I cannot grasp the ring with 
sufficient force to make it rotate otherwise - 
thus the effort is placed on the E-1 lens mount, 
which is very strong, but... better maybe not to 
do this everyday.

Nevertheless, the adapter ring functions pretty 
well. The diaphragm of my Sigma 8mm closes when 
the diaphragm ring is rotated, just like the OM 
lenses when used on the E-1 with the Olympus OM 
adapter.

So... do I regret my purchase? Not at all. For a 
single, small lens, this is a great option, and 
the CameraQuest adapter is far too expensive. But 
for a big lens, beware, this thing does not look 
very strong. And if you wish to use several Nikon 
lenses, you had better buy one adapter for each, 
because removing the adapter is not easy (which 
might also be a good thing, actually: there is no 
play in the assembly!).

Bernard
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