Right you are, Jim. I was able to realign my Soligar 800 to the upright
position by loosening the 3 setscrews and rotating the lens to the desired
position and then retighten the screws.
Thanks for the tip. If nothing else, it's more aesthetically pleasing...
Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Soligor 500mm Mirror lens question
> If it is a 'T-mount' lens sometimes the T-mount adapters have a setscrew
> that can be loosened to allow aligning the len's focus index to the top.
> Then retighten the setscrew, and it will stay that way... This presumes
that
> you install the T-mount semi-permanently on that lens.
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
>
>
> on 8/17/02 1:00 PM, Mickey Trageser at vze3m2s8@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Curt,
> > I have the same lens. If you look closely, you'll see that the lens is
not a
> > native OM mount, but uses a T-mount adapter. Mine also lines up about
180
> > degrees off, but there is little negative effect. There's no aperture to
> > watch, and I seldom care what the focus reading is. I just focus in the
> > viewfinder. It's a nice light lens. With fast film you can even hand
hold,
> > though at that magnification it is a bit of a challenge to hold it
still.
> >
> > If you come accross any T-mount lenses for other cameras, you can swap
this
> > converter and use the other lenses on your OM.
> >
> > Mickey
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Curtis P. Hedman" <Curtis.P.Hedman-1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 3:36 PM
> > Subject: [OM] Soligor 500mm Mirror lens question
> >
> >
> >> A question for the list...
> >>
> >> I just picked up a used Soligor C/D Mirror 500mm lens at a decent price
at
> >> a clearance sale. The lens is very clean, but I have noticed one odd
> > thing
> >> about it, so I thought I'd ask the list to see if anyone else has any
> >> experience with this lens....
> >>
> >> Anyway, when I mount the lens on my OM-2S, it turns out that the focus
> >> index mark is on the BOTTOM of the lens, as opposed to the top like
every
> >> other lens I've ever owned! The red dot and release button on the mount
> > are
> >> where they should be, and everything works fine (i.e. infinity focus),
but
> >> I find this pretty odd. I suppose it is not impossible for the mount to
> >> have been incorrectly positioned relative to the lens during assembly,
and
> >> since there is no aperture coupling to worry about...
> >>
> >> I bought this lens more or less just to have one to try and play around
> >> with, so this little issue doesn't bother me - I'm just curious as to
this
> >> is normal for this particular lens! I'm finding just how hard it is to
> > hold
> >> a 500mm lens steady (I've reverted to using a tripod), but the
perspective
> >> compression is kind of neat!
> >>
> >> Curt
>
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