Hi Tim, Mike and all,
Tim hughes wrote:
>In theory you could get an adapter for OM to alpha register, but it
>would be
>pretty thin ~1.5mm. Anybody know if one is available?
Yes, but with such a small distance, the camera's mount should be quite
_wider_ than the lens' mount, otherwise there would be no room for the
bayonet lugs:
>Such adapters do exist, though I have not had my hands on one:
>
><
http://olympuszuiko.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/mounting-manual-lenses-on-sony-alpha-700/
>
From: usher99@xxxxxxx
>The "Bower adapter" looks interesting but has a glass element and is a
>weak TC. Not an optimal solution. Perhaps the distance
>is too tight to construct one w/o optics. I at least have never seen
>such an adapter.
It also mentions incompatibilities with some Zuikos as well :-( Definitely
not a good solution.
Cheers,
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<http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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