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Subject: [OM] Re: [[ Am I going to regret my choice?
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:00:31 -0400
I'll bet the Olympus adapter is exactly as it should be.

John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 7:08 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [[ Am I going to regret my choice?


>
>>
>> I think it highly unlikely that the Oly 4/3 adapter is "too thin" or
>> that the Kindai is manufactured more accurately.  0.1mm would
>> be a gross
>> error for even the sloppiest machine shop.  Even if the
>> adapter was off
>> by 0.3mm in thickness I doubt seriously that such a small positioning
>> error could be detected at the gross level of the focusing scale.
>>
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if Olympus deliberately made the adapter a bit
> thinner than the correct register distance would indicate.  After all this
> would allow you to focus past infinity, possibly useful if the infinity
> "stop" on the lens is not 100% accurate.
>
> ...Wayne
>
>
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