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Re: Re: [OM] HELP ! Zuiko Lenses, reversing for Macro, and Digital .

Subject: Re: Re: [OM] HELP ! Zuiko Lenses, reversing for Macro, and Digital ...
From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 08:46:05 +1100



> Dan Lau <dlau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm...  Are you sure that it works???  It sounds like Jon's
> friend is reversing a Zuiko 50/1.8 IN FRONT OF the lens on
> his N*k*n digital camera -- I assume that's what Jon meant
> when he said "fitting ... onto the filter ring".  Now we are
> talking about having two lenses in series, each independently
> focussed!  I am not sure that this will work as intended, and
> even if it does, it will not be straight forward.

My main concern about hanging a Zuiko (glass & metal) lens on the front of a 
typical digital (plastic & maybe a little glass) camera would be the mechanical 
problems experienced by the digital's lens focussing and zooming mechanisms.  
Think of those tiny motors and plastic bearing surfaces with a heavy chunk of 
metal and glass hanging on the end.  What is this going to do for the life of 
the 
digital camera ? 


Wayne Harridge

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~w_harridge

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