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Re: [OM] [OT] Unknown PEN F?

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Unknown PEN F?
From: Henrik Dahl <hdahl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 08:12:20 +0100
Thanks CH, Skip & Mark.

I've mailed to inform the owner of the shop.

Henrik Dahl

>>> I think this is for microscope or endoscope use, with circular
>>> viewfinder screen, no TTL metering. A special Pen F for medical use,
>>> sometimes appear in ebay.
>>> 
>>> C.H.Ling

>> On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Skip Williams wrote:
>> 
>> Yep, C.H. is exactly correct.  They're pretty useless for normal picture
>> taking unless some wizard uncements the clear screen from the prism and puts
>> in a ground glass for focusing.

> I was told by a former Olympus service tech that used to work on these
> bodies
> that they can't easily be converted to a normal Pen.  Apparantly not only is
> the screen different, but so is the prism.  You can't just replace the
> screen
> with a normal one and expect it to work.
> -mark


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