Thanks for all those who responded, like Keith below to my Pen FT question.
I bought a Pen FT off EBay last week and it came today. I's real nice,
only two small issues, a replacement cover on the self timer, and a chipped
piece out of the bakelite around the eyepiece. The lens is in great shape,
a 40/1.4.
As for the meter, I have the correct mercury batteries, courtesy of a
source that I use to supply my OM-1's.
I hear great things about the lenses, I'll let the list know. It's kind of
heavy, but that's what you get in a late 60's vintage camera I guess.
Now if I can just find somewhere to get those half-frame slides mounted.
Skip
At 3/19/99 02:15 AM +0000, you wrote:
>From: Skip Williams
>Subject: [OM] Where to find Oly. Pen Info
>
>
>>1. Is there a complete (or close to complete) overview of the various
>>Olympus Pen cameras and lenses?
>
>I haven't seen one.
>
>>2. I've become intrigued by these cameras. Does anyone have practical
>>experience with them? Like exposure accuracy, lens quality.
>I used the Fen F and FT for years until I was silly enough to sell my last
>one in the late '70s. Kodachrome slides from them were superb when projected
>using a Leitz Prodovit Color and 50mm Colorplan. At that time any other film
>I tried was too grainy. With my Pen FT the t.t.l. exposure meter was spot on
>when it normal vertical mode but underexposed around 1 stop when turned for
>landscape mode. Remember both models were designed to use mercury batteries!
>The Pen F meter had no off switch as such; you had to cover the CdS cell
>with a small, easily lost, cap.
>
>>3. Any recommended lenses?
>I only had the standard 38mm f1.8. The aperture ring was reversible for use
>with either the Pen F's standard apertures or the FT's metering numbers 0 to
>6. A 25mm lens was available but it was very much more expensive than the
>Pen W camera which came complete with one. The zoom lens - 50 to 100? I
>forget its exact range - was generally highly regarded.
>>
>>4. Has anyone put OM Zuiko's on a Pen? Is the adapter still available?
>I used the OM's Zuikos 50mm and 135mm and a 80-200 Sun zoom. The adaptor had
>no auto iris mechanism and with the FT you had to use the DOF button on the
>OM lens and meter and expose with it stopped down. You had to remember to
>remove the meter on the Pen F or the adaptor would jam solidly against it! I
>doubt if the adaptor is still available new.
>
>Regards,
>Keith
>keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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