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Re: [OM] OK, maybe I'm missing something...

Subject: Re: [OM] OK, maybe I'm missing something...
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 18:51:35 -0500
Thanks, Andrew.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OK, maybe I'm missing something...


> They're in my book!  :-)
> FT = 38.58mm
> mFT = 19.25mm
> That's a huge difference - probably not even macro work is possible! I've 
> mounted a screw mount Leica lens on an Olympus E-3, from memory, and the 
> field of focus was short and close - thats's just over an 11mm difference, 
> not over 19mm.
> Of course, the other way around works well with the adapter.
> Almost every regular SLR is well over 40mm which is why the FT cameras 
> make good vehicles for any heritage lenses. The exception is Alpa at 37mm. 
> That was deliberate because Alpa wanted to be able to mount a lot of 
> different lenses and to service the scientific community.
>
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
> Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
>
>
>
> On 26/05/2013, at 7:07 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> I don't have the numbers handy, but, IIRC, the register distance of the 
>> E-1
>> is too great for it to accept the MFT lens.  The adapter would need to 
>> have
>> negative thickness.  Maybe someone else has the actual numbers.
>
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