I haven't looked but there may be adapters available containing some optical
elements which would allow the FD lenses to focus to infinity on 4/3. There
are such adapters for mounting FD lenses on Canon EF mount bodies.
FD mount adapters are readily available for micro4/3 of course.
...Wayne
>
> >
> > Many of the film lenses of interest I see lately have the Canon
> FD
> > mount, and I was of the impression that adapters simply were not
> available,
> > so I have passed up on some inexpensive eBay offerings. However, I
> now
> find
> > that there are quite a few adapters available and they are described
> as
> > being compatible with the E-500, etc. such as eBay #280637722180.
> >
> > Question I have is if anyone here has had first-hand experience
> with
> > using a Canon FD mount lens on an Olympus DSLR. If it's fully
> workable,
> > meaning you can focus to infinity, then I may have some interesting
> > opportunities at hand.
> >
>
> Never mind. I just saw i the fine print that it will NOT focus to
> infinity, just as I had heard before. You pretty much need an adapter
> with
> a negative length, which a bit hard to find in this corner of the
> universe.
>
> Chris
>
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