Thanks, Andrew.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OK, maybe I'm missing something...
> They're in my book! :-)
> FT = 38.58mm
> mFT = 19.25mm
> That's a huge difference - probably not even macro work is possible! I've
> mounted a screw mount Leica lens on an Olympus E-3, from memory, and the
> field of focus was short and close - thats's just over an 11mm difference,
> not over 19mm.
> Of course, the other way around works well with the adapter.
> Almost every regular SLR is well over 40mm which is why the FT cameras
> make good vehicles for any heritage lenses. The exception is Alpa at 37mm.
> That was deliberate because Alpa wanted to be able to mount a lot of
> different lenses and to service the scientific community.
>
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
> Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
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>
>
> On 26/05/2013, at 7:07 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> I don't have the numbers handy, but, IIRC, the register distance of the
>> E-1
>> is too great for it to accept the MFT lens. The adapter would need to
>> have
>> negative thickness. Maybe someone else has the actual numbers.
>
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