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Re: [OM] non-OM Zuikos

Subject: Re: [OM] non-OM Zuikos
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:53:20 -0500
Soory, I interpreted the original post as  a non Olympus body with a
Zuiko on it.  DOUGH

John

Gary Schloss wrote:
> 
> Keith Berry wrote:
> 
> >> "non-OM Olympus cameras all with Zuikos"
> 
> John H.: >Non Olympus bodies, with Zuiko lenses?  Hmm, please explain.
> 
> >Matthias Wilke wrote:
> >
> >> for example the FTl  M42 camera.
> 
> John H: again: >>>And an FTI M42 is.........
> 
> Looks like Matthias tried to combine here two earlier non-OM Olympus
> SLR's:  the Pen F/FT and the Olympus FTL. :-)   Both use Zuiko lenses,
> the former with a dedicated bayonet mount, whereas the latter uses a
> modified Universal (M42) mount.
> 
> In addition, there was a large number of 35mm viewfinder/rangefinder
> Olympus cameras, some with interchangeable lenses (e.g. Ace and Ace-E),
> as well as a slew of TLR's and medium format cameras, both by Olympus
> and by others (e.g. Airesflex TLR), all of which utilized Zuiko lenses.
> 
> I guess one could use Zuikos throughout his/her life w/o ever touching
> an OM body, though I cannot imagine why would anyone deprive him/herself
> the pleasures of the latter. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> /Gary Schloss.
> Studio City, CA
> schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
>

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