Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] re: EV Coupling

Subject: Re: [OM] re: EV Coupling
From: "Marcus b6" <marcusb6@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 22:42:41 -0700
  Didn't the Bessamatic have only partially interchangable lenses?


No, they were each self contained units. They're just hard as heck to find these days, beyond the very basic ones. You're probably thinking of the later Kodak Retina R/F's that had auxillary 80/35 front elements, that were annoying to use at best. You had to focus for the 50mm, then transfer that distance to the focus scale of the aux lens. Someone could bang off most of a roll in their Rolleicord before you finished recomposing in the auxillary finder for the first frame with one of those beasties.

Regards,

Marcus

_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com


< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz