And given a cursory look at C.H.'s results with the Zuikos, I seen no glaring
problems with results.
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On 2/4/2004 at 8:53 AM John Hermanson wrote:
>I find it really hard to believe there was a problem with "production
>quality", after all, it's almost nothing more than an manual extension
>tube.
>Did they make it? Was it made in the same factories that made the 35-80
>(or
>ANY Zuiko?) If so, it was top end or it never would have been made in ANY
>quantity. "Oh the first 50mm f2 Macro's weren't up to snuff but we sold
>them anyway.........."
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 5:43 PM
>Subject: [OM] OM Adaptor
>
>
>>
>> I thought the following would be of interest from another forum. I did
>> not realize that it had already been discontinued.
>>
>>
>> > received a email today from Oly Japan... Zuikio Club newsletter...
>> >
>> > In the newsletter they talk about the OM adapter - they say that the
>> > original intention was to bring it to market for sale but the end
>> > result was that they weren't satisfied with either the quality of the
>> > image using the OM glass or the production quality...
>> >
>> > Long and short of it is - they consider the product substandard... as
>> > a result they stopped production but not before they could scrub them
>> > a few select pros and so on got there hands on a few in Japan - the
>> > result was they were inundated with requests for the product
>> > regardless of build quality and decided to give away their first
>> > production run to E-1 customers... That of course is a rough
>> > translation of the email...
>> > I will let you know if I end up being one of the Lucky few...
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Winsor
>> Long Beach, California
>> USA
>>
>>
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