I had the same problem, so I used a 55 mm filter for an extension. I
had expected to have to break the glass out, but I found a filter in a
camera store's filter bin where the glass was held in with a screw-in
retaining ring so it was easy to remove.
Mark
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Michael Hobart <mhobart@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have an OM-era Olympus T-8 ring flash set. It is threaded for both 49 and
> 55 mm filter threads and I had thought to get a 58->55mm step-down ring to
> use it with the Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 macro lens, which has a 58mm
> filter thread. It turns out that the space on the T-8 for the filter rings
> is quite narrow, and the step-down adapter I got is too thick at the front :-(
>
> I imagine that others have run into this issue in the past. Does anyone know
> of a brand of step-down rings that fit on the T-8?
>
> For now I'll just use it with my Zuiko lenses, which of course fit just fine.
>
> Thanks
> Michael Hobart
> mhobart@xxxxxxx
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