If any of you guys want these, get your credit card and shipping info to me
so I can create orders. Foreign orders okay, though shipping will be more.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
631-424-2121 | omtech@xxxxxxxxx
www.zuiko.com
Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:31 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM Zuiko to Digital Adapter
> On 9/28 John Hermanson posted that the adapter (item no. 260231) would
> no longer be available for free but would be sold starting in October
> for an estimated street price of under $100. John said he would sell
> them to list members when they become available for an estimated $89.
>
> All OM mount lenses (Olympus or 3rd party) should work photographically
> with the adapter. There's nothing mystical about the adapter. It is
> essentially nothing but a short, manual extension tube. The warnings
> about certain lenses and apertures have to do with metering errors that
> tend to occur near min and max aperture on digital bodies. Some have
> speculated that the angle of incidence of light rays (which would vary
> with aperture) affects the exposure sensors. A smart digital body in
> communication with its smart autofocus lens would be able to correct for
> this. The OM mount lenses, being rather deaf and dumb, fail to
> communicate.
>
> Moose has posted about this same phenomenon when attaching OM lenses to
> his Canon 300D. Each lens needs to be tested for metering errors and it
> is presumably the results of this testing that Oly has posted. However,
> they've never said exactly why lens X should not be used at aperture Y.
> If you know that lens A is off by 2/3 stop at f/2.8 and 1/3 stop at
> f/4 then you either meter and shoot at f/5.6 or above or you meter at
> f/5.6 and apply a correction for your actual shooting aperture or you
> meter at the shooting aperture and apply a correction known to you via
> testing.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Ali wrote:
>
>> Quick question on the OM to Digital Adapter. Is the adapter still
>> available through Olympus? On the manufacturer's website they have a
>> list of lenses that will work with the adapter. I do not see the 300mm
>> Zuiko listed.....will this lens work with the adapter. What about 3rd
>> party lenses, i.e., sigma, tamron, russian, etc.
>>
>> - Ali
>>
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