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Re: [OM] the end game, adapting OM lenses to other camera bodies

Subject: Re: [OM] the end game, adapting OM lenses to other camera bodies
From: WKato <WKato@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 02:34:59 EST
In a message dated 98-03-12 09:56:36 EST, you (Marco) write:

 >My question is as follows:  Can an Olympus lens be adapted easily to
 >Nikon equipment, or would I be better off buying a Nikon PC lens and
 >adapting it to my existing Olympus equipment?  
 >
 The distance from lens flange to focal plane is the same (exactly!) in OM
 and F mounts. So you need those kinds of adapter rings that are in fact
 bland teleconverters, that is the thing you will not like to have when
 using a PC wide angle lens. >>

First I would just buy the (used) camera body for the lens that you want to
use, whether it be Olympus, N*kon or C*non.  A non-top-of-the-line body won't
cost much more than an adapter and you can always resell both.  Last, although
I am loathe to mention it, Cambridge Camera does sell an Olympus to Nikon
adapter.  I think it has a 1 to 1.1 magnification factor to allow space for
one mount bayoneting into the other because of the similar flange to film
distances.  I only mention Cambridge to make a point and not to recommend
them.

Warren Kato
wkato@xxxxxxx

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