Nope. For the vast majority of automatic lenses, mounts must match not
only by brand but often by mount type within brand. The only automatic
lens that can be "adapted" to OM mount is a Tamron Adaptall or
Adaptall II with OM adapter. The Tamron Adaptall series was
specifically designed for interchangeability by using adapters for
specific camera mounts. In the 70's Vivitar and Soligor also made some
interchangeable mount systems similar to the Adaptall series (T-4 and TX
if memory serves) but, AFAIK, never included OM versions of these adapters.
On the manual lens end of things there are what are known as T or T-2
mount lenses. The T and T-2 mounts are the same thing except for a
minor engineering enhancement to the T-2 mount. The "T" is for Tamron
who originated the concept of interchangeable lenses between brands.
Just like the Tamron Adaptall, a T-mount lens is specifically designed
to fit onto a T adapter which is made for a specific camera mount.
Lenses with manually controlled apertures or lenses with no aperture
control (such as mirror lenses) are often made in T-mount for interchange.
If you have a T-mount lens you can get separate adapters for both OM and
4/3 mount as well as almost any other 35mm SLR/DSLR.
One of the reasons some of us now own Canyon DSLR's is lens
interchangeability. The Canyon EOS mount has a very short registration
distance and is amenable to attaching OM mount lenses and many others.
Chuck Norcutt
Allen Coltrin wrote:
> Hehehe I have a shake already that makes had held shots impossible.
> So the weight is a huge issue for me. But I didn't even think about
> the added weight of a true 1000mm lens. Thanks for the reminder.
>
> A question.....Can this lens have an adapter to use with Oly? I'm
> still going through the will this work or not stage. Ebay number
> 260088063145.
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