The Osawa 35-105 is / was available in OM mount, but it announces this very
clearly on the packaging and on the lens itself. Got one LNIB for GBP 25 the
other day, so I wouldn't pay a lot for one under any circumstances. I think I
may have overpaid.
Julian
> from: John Wheeler <wheelej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:11:55
> to: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> subject: RE: [OM] Lens mount question -- help please!
>
> G'day Linda,
>
> I have a Mamiya ZE-X and the first zoom I bought was the Osawa 35-105. It
> will of course also fit the ZE model Mamiya and I suspect that the lens he
> is offering is just that one. I haven't yet seen an Osawa with an OM mount
> but I could be quite wrong.
>
> Incidently, I was never very impressed with their zooms, always seemed to
> lack sharpness. I would have much preferred the Mamiya-Sekor's.
>
> John.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Linda Wunderlich
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:00 AM
> To: olympus
> Subject: [OM] Lens mount question -- help please!
>
>
> Hi, all. I've been emailing someone about possibly buying some Osawa
> lenses (35-105mm and 400mm) which did not sell awhile back on eBay. The
> seller seems honest but says he knows little about cameras. He says he
> bought these lenses at a bankruptcy (or estate?) sale.
>
> The problem is, in the eBay auctions he advertised these lenses as being
> for the Olympus OM-1, but he also listed a bunch of other cameras he
> thought they would fit (Minolta, Pentax, Nikon, etc.), which didn't make
> sense to me.
>
> Can someone help me figure out whether these are OM lenses? My worry is
> that the 35-105mm is for a Mamiya, and the 400mm is for a Nikon.
>
> I posted pictures and the information the seller provided at:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~lwunderlich/index.html
>
> I'll also copy/paste the text below, for those who don't want to see my
> first-ever personal webpage but still enthusiastically want to help me.
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Linda
>
> >From the eBay listing descriptions:
> "This lens fits the OLYMPUS OM-1 SLR 35mm CAMERA and other cameras as well.
> I believe it also fits the Pentax MV, ME, and ME Super. The Minolta MD,
> XG7, X-700, X-570, XG1, etc. The Yashica D . I believe it also fits NIKON
> cameras as well."
>
> >From a follow-up email when I asked him to look for information about the
> mount on the boxes and on the lenses themselves:
> "On the front of the lense it indicates Osawa MC . On one of the lense caps
> it indicates ZE (I believe this is for the Osawa ZE model camera) It also
> indicates ZE on the box. On the box that the Telephoto lense came in it
> indicates For Nikon. Both lens mounts appear to be the same except that the
> 35 -105mm lens has electrical contacts on the base of the lense that
> connects to the camera. I know these lenses fit other model cameras as
> well."
>
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