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[OM] Re: Zuiko 35 shift availability?

Subject: [OM] Re: Zuiko 35 shift availability?
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:51:00 +1000
> 
> Or you could do what I did and have the mount replaced on an 
> old Nikkor to work on OM bodies...
> 
> <photo.sepke.net/images/DSC01665.JPG>
> <photo.sepke.net/images/DSC01661.JPG>
> <photo.sepke.net/images/DSC01663.JPG>

I assume it works well, but it does look a bit ugly (compared to the Zuiko
Shift) on and OM body.  I guess it's looks aren't so noticeable on an ugly
Nikon ! 

> 
> Sorry about the quality of these images. The machining work 
> for this modification was done by Joe Belijan of the battery 
> cap fame. This older model lens is I think actually harder to 
> modify as the mounting tube is very short in comparison to 
> the later revisions. Anyway I did it because it was cheap and 
> I wanted to take one back from the Nikkor crowd for all the 
> 24mm shifts that have been remounted to that dark side.
> 
> My next remounting project is a Minolta 24mm Variable Field 
> Curve lens. Yeah I know I'm sick...
> 

I haven't heard anything about this lens - what is it used for ?

...Wayne



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