High quality M42 to 4/3 adapters are available from CameraQuest. But
Chinese made adapters are also readily available on ebay with and
without AF confirmation chips at low cost (as little as $5).
You can even buy a Japanese made M42 to OM adapter on ebay but, since
there's only about 1/2mm difference in register distance, it has an
optical element for infinity focus. This one is hard to find since it
doesn't say "OM" whereas most of the 4/3 adapter ads erroneously say
"OM". It's hard to sort the wheat from the chaff.
<http://cgi.ebay.com/Olympus-Body-Universal-Lens-M42-Lens-Mount-Adapter-/260682333322?pt=Lens_Accessories&hash=item3cb1e0bc8a>
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/6/2010 1:55 AM, Willie Wonka wrote:
> I cant sleep tonight and googled the city I left before coming to the
> US.
>
> This immediately grabbed my attention:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5982973
>
> I went on to dig into photographer's portfolio and found myself
> liking his use of wide angle. He uses Olympus Digital cameras, but
> what I found most interesting was his choice of lenses...old East
> German Zeiss copies...didnt ever know that M42 adapter existed.
>
> Sooooo, if you have any of the ones produced by Zeiss in Jena, you
> might want to figure out how to get yourself an adaptor. I used to
> carry two cameras: OM1 and a Practika. I really, really liked the
> lens in front of the latter...the snobs wrinkle their noses when
> hearing about stuff coming from the former Eastern block, but I think
> thoz lenses are just as good.
>
> Best
>
> Boris
>
> P.S. Hope that am telling you somping new now, if not please kindly
> disregard this message...:)
>
>
>
>
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