>>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 22:39:03 -0700, Jeff Keller <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
jk> Notice the screw locations
jk> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2942362875&category=3
jk> 0059 OM
jk> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2941743030&category=3
jk> 0059 OL
jk> I believe the "OM" are all supposed to be bad ...
jk> That while some of the "OL" are bad all of the good ones are labeled
jk> "OL".
jk> The screw head at the top of the picture looks like it is the one near
jk> the red dot on the lens. The next screw head clockwise is the one which
jk> would end up close to the reset button when the lens is completely
jk> mounted on the camera.
jk> If I'm seeing the pictures correctly the second screw head and the small
jk> tab near it (which is used to manually stop down the lens) are both
jk> slightly closer to the to the first screw head on the bad mount.
jk> Perhaps the easiest way to tell the good from the bad is that one edge
jk> of the manual stop down tab is inline with the second ear of the bayonet
jk> mount (next to Japan) on the good mount.
jk> Does this make sense to anyone besides me?
I thought all of the "OL" mounts were good and the "Olympus OM" were
bad. Where "bad" means don't use it on an OM-3* or an OM-4* body. Both
work without a problem on -1* and -2* bodies.
But now that I look at all the mounts I have and the pics on these 2
*Bay items, I see that there are 3 different sets of markings. There
is one kind that is marked "OL JAPAN", and another that is marked
"ADAPTALL 2 for OLYMPUS OM JAPAN". I can't find ANYTHING different
between these two mounts. The one in the picture for item 2942362875
which is labeled "O/OM JAPAN" appears to have one of the screws (and
possibly the DOF preview slider) in a slightly different location.
Johnie
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