Wow, I didn't know that part existed. Thanks Steve.
Skip
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Subject: [OM] Re: Pen FT eyepiece
From: Stephen Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 09:15:48 -0400
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>At 08:47 AM 06/02/2004 -0400, Skip wrote:
>
>>I'll wager that the Pen F/FT's design was mostly a concession to style.
>The top plate's cosmetic lines are really ruined by a bolt-on shoe. It's
>just a shame that the eyepiece surround wasn't made of something more
>durable than plastic; perhaps metal would have been better? OTOH, I doubt
>whether they cared that much; also 40 yr-old plastic is much more brittle
>than it was new.
>>
>>Skip
>
>At least the FT eyepiece frame is still available (and not terribly
>expensive):
>
>http://www.micro-tools.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MT&;
>Product_Code=PENF-EP
>
>Steve Troy
>
>
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