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Re: [OM] Any Camera Designers?

Subject: Re: [OM] Any Camera Designers?
From: "Stephan VAN DEN ZEGEL" <svandenzegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:02:04 +0200
...all that within the space left....
Sometimes thoughts are faster than keyboards...

This problem only occurs if you want a polyvalent body... that accepts
N*k*on lenses and OM for instance...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephan VAN DEN ZEGEL" <svandenzegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Any Camera Designers?


> I think that the main problem would be the management of the distance
> between film and lens mount in the various configurations... because you
> would have to put... the basic mount with gears... a sort of reverse
> adaptall mount... and then only your lens... all that within for lenses
that
> are designed for direct mount... the adjustement of film to lens mount can
> be resolved on the body or on the reverse adptall mount...
>
> Building a simple body would be easier (less difficult) than building a
set
> of lenses... in a way it's already done by cosina with the voigtlander
> Bessa's...  we want a bessa reflex (not an om2000) with OMmount...
>
> by the way... is there any Tmount ring to connect  L39 or M39 lenses on an
> OMmount (or even a pen F mount)... I just found a russian 85/1,5 and would
> like to use it on something else than a Zenith3M....
>
> Stephan
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:32 AM
> Subject: [OM] Any Camera Designers?
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> > It occurs to me that as 70's era mechanical cameras
> > become more rare and modern cameras introduce more
> > electronic bits whose main feature seems to be planned
> > obselesence, that a good business man could make a modern
> > mechanical camera with mounts for various favorite lens
> > families.
> >
> > A third party body if you will.
> >
> > Kind of like Tamron's adapt-all in reverse.
> >
> > I have not heard of such a thing. Maybe it is not feasible?
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