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Re: [OM] Vivitar lens mount

Subject: Re: [OM] Vivitar lens mount
From: RobBurn@xxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 16:55:00 EDT
In a message dated 7/16/2000 2:54:02 PM, bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< John,

I would think so.  The mount would be the component that would provide the

aperture control as well as proper lens-film distance.


Brian Huber


  Hi! Can the OM mount on a Vivitar Series 1 lens be removed and placed on

another Vivitar Series 1 lens that currently has a Canon or Nikon mount

without affecting quality? TIA >>

John:

The reason for making those lenses with interchangeable adapters was to make 
one lense available for use on a variety of cameras. As Brian says, the 
camera-specific adapter is designed to make the lense work on a particular 
camera. The lense is the same regardless of the camera it is mounted on. The 
adapter is what makes it fit and couple properly. The optic quality, or lack 
thereof, is built into the lens, not the adapter. The adapter is merely a 
mechanical coupling device. IOW, changing to the OM mount adapter should 
merely adapt the lens to the OM. Of course being on an OM should dramatically 
increase the potential for making good pictures.  <g>

Robert

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