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Re: [lens] Re: [OM] Zuiko lenses on Digital Rebel

Subject: Re: [lens] Re: [OM] Zuiko lenses on Digital Rebel
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 12:07:45 -0800
I believe the original question was about digital bodies to host OM lenses, thus I did not mention obsolete and/or obscure non-digital mounts.

tOM Trottier wrote:

Alpa, Canon FD, Konica, Miranda are shallow enough. Pentax is not.

See http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mounts.htm for flange depths.

Pentax Kx mounts, compatable with the *istD, aren't on that list, but adapters without lenses for M42 to K are available, so I assume the K mount register distance is shorter and might accomodate an OM adapter, but I'm not aware of such things being available. I'm not sure where I read details of the *istD metering, but do recall that it's functionality was severly limited with MF lenses. Seems like it was more a marketing thing to make it sound like they support all their old lenses than real support. Can*n is far better in that regard with MF lenses and adapters are already available.

Moose



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