As I just said, 'who cares?'. Time moves on. Lenses improve.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:57 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Thoughts on IS - and a Confession.
> I agree with Tom on almost everything. The problem for me is the lack of
> MF lens compatibility. As I've mentioned before, All but the most
> expensive Nik*n SLRs and DSLRs do not meter AT ALL with ANY lenses but
> the later electronic AF lenses. You must use a separate meter and set
> aperture and shutter speed in manual mode. I have a handful of old
> Nikk*rs and a Viv S1 70-210 zoom, etc. but would not be able to meter
> with them on a D70/100.
>
> As to the optical adapters, they aren't optically nearly as bad as one
> might imagine <http://medfmt.8k.com/bronmounts.html#opto>. And they are
> available for OM to Nik*n F mount. However, as above, no metering at all.
>
> Moose
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