I think you discovered the Italian guy's trick. maybe I was wrong when I
described the results he told one could achieve with his trick. It is a long
time since I owned an OM-101 or read about this trick.
Marco
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>Da: Matthias Wilke <Matthias.K.Wilke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>A: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Oggetto: Re: [OM] OM101 (OM88) help
>Data: Dom, 21 feb 1999 8:58
>
>Hallo Wolfgang,
>
>I have tried this modification with the OM-101. My OM-101 has already the
>manual adapter 2 with two dials for aperture and time. The modification is
>simple, you have to remove the plastic cover and at the lens lock pin,
>there is a switch. I have insulated this switch with tape and then
>reattached the outer plastic cover (be careful not to tighten the screws to
>much because of the plastic parts). So the viewfinder information is
>visible with Zuikos. But it doesn't work correct in the following way: A
>stopped down Zuiko doesn't behave in exact the same way as a PF or AF lens
>with regard to an automatic chosen aperture value. This means, that the
>preselected value isn't reached. The exposure seems to be done finally with
>ADM, so the results will be o.k., but you can't preselect a aperture value
>with Zuikos for flash photography for example. The Zuiko lenses seems to
>need a full movement of the aperture shaft to stop down to the chosen
>value. So I will remove the tape next time. The usability with PF and AF
>lenses seems to be the same with the insulated switch, though.
>
>Matthias
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