On Aug 17, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> In principle that is correct Andrew - but as always, the devil is in
> the detail. To the best of my knowledge, the lens-flange to
> film-plabe registers are as follows:
>
> Olympus OM 46.00mm
> M42x1 thread 45.46mm
>
> What you suggest in your last few words would hold true if the adaptor
> thickness were no more than 0.54mm - you may well be right, but that
> wasn't my estimate having seen the picture!
Ah, that explains it. I knew you couldn't do a M42 lens on OM body
without an optical element, I wasn't sure about going the other way
around.
Andrew "Frugal" Dacey
frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tildefrugal.net/
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