I sometimes forget that those of us who have been buying and using
camera gear for many, many years (44 in my case) have a wealth of
history in our heads that often needs to be shared before we can get to
some common ground for communication.
You made an excellent and succinct summary of lens and exposure
technology over roughly 50 years of camera development.
Chuck Norcutt
Daniel Sepke wrote:
> Why thank you Chuck. I felt some history would be helpful in the blaze of
> posts on the subject of adapters.
>
> Dan S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Chuck Norcutt
> Subject: [OM] Re: Nikon AF lenseS
>
> Well said.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Daniel Sepke wrote:
>> Allen,
>>
>> This adapter is just like the majority of adapters available right now
>> in that it just provides a mechanical way to mount a lens from one
>> system on another and that is it.
>>
>> To fully understand the situation you have to know the history of lens
>> to camera communication. Please forgive my slight simplification of
>> history to allow for clarity.
> <SNIP>
>> Hopefully this introduction will help you get a better handle on some
>> of the how's and why's of using older lenses on DSLR's.
>>
>> Dan S.
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