At 03:30 PM 6/25/98 GMT, Chris Lee wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:00:09 +0200, Lars Haven wrote:
>
>>Imagine a Hasselblad with a Zuiko lens.
>
>
>A report in the No.4 1995 issue of Olympus Pursuit (a company
>newsletter, may be available from your local Olympus agent):
>
>" .......
>
>Olympus produces only 35mm cameras, and the 6X7 Hasselblad's macro
>capabilities extend only to 2X magnification. So the key lay in
>adapting high-precision Zuiko Macro lenses to a medium-format camera.
>As he (Eugen F. Dehner, Olympus Europe's Adviser on Applied Scientific
>Photography) studied the problem, he remembered that Olympus had
>developed the Novoflex Shift Bellow Extension, but had never put it
>into production. He sensed it would work - and extensive tests have
>proved him right.
>
>...... Recognizing an opportunity to develop its lens market, Olympus
>Europe is working with Hasseblad to launch a completely new Macro
>Photography System combining OM Macro lenses with medium-format
>cameras. ....."
>
>According to a recent issue, the macro system has been launched.
I'd forgotten about that, since I hadn't heard anything for a while.
I believe Olympus also supplies its 35-80 for the Leaf-Sinar digital camera.
It's called a Digital Sinaron in that form.
http://www.sinarbron.com/leafmain.htm
Paul Farrar
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