On 31 Oct 98, at 5:11, William Sommerwerck wrote:
> "Secondly there were two notes against "Other Olympus Zuiko
> Interchangeable Lenses," the second of which was "Use of the Zuiko 600mm
> and 1000mm lenses is not recommended [with the OM2000] because a portion
> of the image area will not be visible in the viewfinder."
>
> This rather cryptic remark refers to "mirror cutoff" -- something which
> I haven't heard of in years.
>
> It's caused by the mirror being shorter than it has to be to intercept
> all the rays of light from the lens -- either because the manufacturer
> is cheap, or wants extra lens clearance when the mirror swings up.
>
I always wondered about this comment. My OM-10 manual says something
similar about the 600 and 1000 also.
Shawn & Janis Wright
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