Thanks again, so I can be pretty sure this 200mm one will fit the normal OM
(and hence my e500 with the adapter).
What a relief to find this huge network of knowledgeable and helpful Olympus
enthusiasts!
I am living in southern Sydney - Rockdale. I am originally from Country NSW,
a town called Young.
thanks again.
On 09/11/2007, Rand E <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> The screw in mounts are most likely to the Oly "M" system that came
> before the OM system. Other Olympus screw in mounts were on the earlier
> versions of the 20mm and 38mm macro lens and they had a microscope type
> screw mount. The later versions of the macro lens in 20mm and 38mm came
> with an OM bayonet mount but were very limited on focusing ability. I'm
> sure about the focal length on the early macro lens and the 38mm later
> macro lens, and I'm fairly sure about the 20mm but I could be a little
> off on it. The other macro lens (50mm, 80mm, 135mm all had OM bayonet
> mounts).
> Rand E.
>
> P.S. Please sing out with your home locale as we have many other
> members from "Down Under" and I'm sure that they would be interested.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Matthew Granger wrote:
> > Thanks Rand E.
> >
> > I heard that there were some odd OM lens that were actually screw in.
> How
> > can I find out if the one I have described below is the normal OM push
> and
> > twist mount, or something else?
> >
> >
> > On 09/11/2007, Rand E <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Welcome Matthew,
> >> The usage of OM lens on the E-thingies is really welcome. The fast
> >> tele's are great. Like that 200mm f4 OM lens will give you a 400mm f4
> >> tele on your E-500. But, the OM wides turn into "normal" focal
> >> lengths. i.e., the om 24mm lens is now about the same as a 48mm lens
> >> would be on the OM body. In other words, "You win some, and you lose
> >> some".
> >> Rand E.
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> Matthew Granger wrote:
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> This is my first post. I have an OM body with a variety of lenses, and
> >> an
> >>> E500 with an adapter ring so I can use the OM lenses.
> >>>
> >>> I am still building up my kit, and am looking at buying an om system
> >> 200mm
> >>> f:4 lens online. As the picture they have shown is a bit odd, I cannot
> >> see
> >>> the mount. Can anyone advise whether it possible this is screw/bayonet
> >>> (basically anything other than the 'normal' OM mount?) I would have to
> >> get
> >>> it to find it won't fit.
> >>>
> >>> Also, any suggestions on a good wide angle lens that is affordable to
> >> use on
> >>> my E500 - I was thinking a 24mm.
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