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>On 13 Dec 12, at 03:16, olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
> > > > .....and comes away with an E-510 body for less than $50...
> > >
> > > That's cool! Does the OM varimagni finder fit the E-510's eyepiece frame?
> >
> > Probably not, since it's the same size as the one on the E-500. Looks
> > like there's going to
> > be some interesting machine shop work in the near future.
>
> I've successfully modified an OM Varimagni to fit the E-series eyepiece
> frame. You need to take off
> about half a millimetre, as I recall.
>
> One could probably do it quite easily with careful use of a file; I used a
> milling bit and a dril
> l press with a cross-vice. Of course, if you have access to a vertical mill,
> so much the better.
>
> I think I even have some photos somewhere. I'll try to dig them up if anyone
> is seriously interested.
>
> End result is the OM Varimagni works great! I did a study of the various OM
> macro lenses on the E-300
> (http://www.biofos.com/cornucop/opage_1.html). It doesn't show it in that
> study, but I used the OM
> Varimagni to do the shots.
>
I'd like to see your photos of that modification, even if it's obvious.
I'm tempted to do the same to an OM eyecup as there's a seller in Texas who has
some after-market ones with metal frames that I would not stop to think about
modifying. These plastic wrap-around ones don't suit me.
Chris
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