I believe that lens was indeed T4 mount (allegedly made by Tokina), and you
might be able to verify that from the review here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nesster/5262734069/sizes/l/in/photostream/
If it is indeed T4 then there's a problem, as OM adapters were not made in T4,
only in TX. You can put T4 adapters on TX lenses, but TX adapters will not fit
T4 lenses. And finding either would be a challenge!
There is an interesting (perhaps not wholly accurate) write up of T4 and TX
lenses here:
http://photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00Tva4
Sandy's suggestion is the simplest way to go - item 180769487259 on the auction
site will adapt the FD lens to your G1, it's from a seller known to several of
us (for the right reasons) and costs GBP10. There will be plenty of other
sellers, some may even be selling a different adapter!
Fitting FD lenses to your E30 will be trickier. If it had not been a Dedicated
FD lens, removal of the FD mount and substitution of a new mount would fix it,
as here:
http://gfotostore.ru/catalog/view/62.html
I suspect that will not help you, although the T4 is designed to be removable,
so there is no need for saw, files, axes. If you are not that adventurous, take
a look at this which shows that it can be done with an available adapter
costing about USD65 shipped (USD45 if you don't want an AF confirm chip):
http://oly43club.ru/_images/adapters/XXX/XXX_canon_FD.jpg
But that does require you to be adventurous enough to buy from a Russian
website, which makes clear (ish) in the small table part-way down that focus to
infinity is not possible. But simply taking the T4 mount off and using the
universal adapter might work. YMMV, as they say.
http://gfotostore.ru/catalog/view/47.html
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Harris [mailto:sandyinchina@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 March 2012 06:37
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Vivitar 300/5.5 with wrong adapter
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The lens arrived today. As I suspected, it's one of those "universal"
> lenses that takes adapters for various camera brands (perhaps T4?).
> Unfortunately, the mount is for Canon breech-lock mount, not Olympus.
Cameraquest has adapters for Canon F on micro 4/3. There are likely cheaper
ones elsewhere.
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