I bought one of these the other day, from an online vendor who shall remain
nameless until he's notified of my disappointment, and actually responds.
Depending on his response, I may or may not choose to divulge it.
I thought this was a great idea, since I have a LOT of M42 lenses, and very
few Oly OM lenses anymore.
Seemed the perfect solution.
It came yesterday, and this morning I attached and reattached various lenses,
using the adapter on my OM-2MD.
First complaint, the adapter doesn't quite lock into place on my OM body. It
starts to, I think, as I can feel a little click, but it never quite actually
locks. That problem all by itself is reason to return it for credit or my
money back.
Results of a few tests of fit and focus with six of my Pentax lenses:
35mm f/3.5 Super Takumar Type II focuses from about 1 foot to about 8 feet.
50mm f/1.4 Super Takumar Type II focuses from about 1 foot to about 9 feet.
50mm f/1.4 Super Takumar Type II focuses from about 15" to about 15 feet.
50mm f/1.4 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar Type II focuses from about 1 ft. to
about 15 feet.
50mm f/1.4 SMC Takumar Type II. Won't fully seat. Lacks about 1/32 from
fully seating. Focus test not done.
105mm f/2.8 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar. Focuses from about 4 ft. to
infinity! Exactly as marked on the lens body. Hooray! One out of six!
I just wanted to inform you folks, in case any of you were contemplating such
a purchase... I'd hold off until the vendor contact is made, and we see what
sort of response is made.
By the way, to keep myself honest, I just went back and checked the eBay ad
from which I made the purchase and it says, in part but specifically, "...IT
ALLOWS INFINITY FOCUSING."
Not a good thing...
keith whaley
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