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[OM] Re: Thoughts on IS - and a Confession.

Subject: [OM] Re: Thoughts on IS - and a Confession.
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 20:26:43 -0400
As I just said, 'who cares?'.  Time moves on.  Lenses improve.

Tom
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:57 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Thoughts on IS - and a Confession.


> I agree with Tom on almost everything. The problem for me is the lack of 
> MF lens compatibility. As I've mentioned before, All but the most 
> expensive Nik*n SLRs and DSLRs do not meter AT ALL with ANY lenses but 
> the later electronic AF lenses. You must use a separate meter and set 
> aperture and shutter speed in manual mode. I have a handful of old 
> Nikk*rs and a Viv S1 70-210 zoom, etc. but would not be able to meter 
> with them on a D70/100.
> 
> As to the optical adapters, they aren't optically nearly as bad as one 
> might imagine <http://medfmt.8k.com/bronmounts.html#opto>. And they are 
> available for OM to Nik*n F mount. However, as above, no metering at all.
> 
> Moose



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