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[OM] Re: Adaptoll mount question

Subject: [OM] Re: Adaptoll mount question
From: "Allen Coltrin" <hjlantern@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:56:33 -0800
>Adaptall Lens -> Adaptall mount for OM -> OM to 4/3 adapter -> E-330

So I have the OM to 4/3 adapter. All I need is the adaptall to OM mount. 
Where can I find that adapter? I've  been searching for that specific 
adapter but I don't know the number of it.

Allen


>From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Adaptoll mount question
>Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:07:55 -0500
>
>There is no Adaptall mount to fit any 4/3 mount camera.  All Adaptall
>mounts fit only manual focus camera mounts last produced in the
>mid-80's.  If you already own an Adaptall mount to fit Olympus OM then
>you also need an OM->4/3 adapter for it to fit an E-330.
>
>The Tamron TC does not need a special adapter for the TC itself since
>the adapter that is used is the same adapter that would normally be used
>on the lens that you want to use with the TC.  You remove the Adaptall
>mount from the Adaptall lens, attach the TC to the back of the Adaptall
>lens using the Adaptall coupling and then re-attach the Adaptall camera
>specific mount to the TC so that the assembly can be mounted on a
>specific camera brand mount.
>
>There are many types of Adaptall mounts... one for each unique camera
>brand/mount.  There is only one type of TC mounting.  The mounting
>points on the TC are Adaptall couplings at both ends.  They are not
>camera mount couplings.
>
>Adaptall Lens -> Adaptall mount for OM -> OM to 4/3 adapter -> E-330
>
>In the diagram above an Adaptall TC would be inserted between the
>Adaptall Lens and the Adaptall mount.  A conventional TC would instead
>be inserted between the Adaptall mount and the OM to 4/3 adapter.
>The conventional TC would require a camera specific mount built into it,
>the Adaptall does not.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>

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