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Paul,
Have you been smoking something? You must be a mechanical engineer or
something to even think that contraption through.....
Good luck if you even think anymore about trying that one. You'd be the first
that I've ever heard of adapting an SLR lens to a rangefinder's focusing cam.
Skip
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>Subject: Re: [OM] Zuiko to... $eica M!
> From: "Paul Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:54:40 -0600 (CST)
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>
>> You did't actually expect to have RF coupling, did you?
>>
>> Skip
>
>It could be done. The helical would be in the adapter. There
>would have to be a different cam for each focal length. The
>actual FL would need to be determined, as opposed to the nominal
>one. The focus of the SLR lens would have to be fixed, possibly
>by some sort of clamp. Alternatively, to clamping, some sort
>of shroud could enclose the rear of the OM lens and clamp onto
>the OM lens focus ring so that turning the lens focus ring
>would actuate the cam. This would allow IF and CFC mechanisms
>to work.
>
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