JD writes:
>The mount on some Vivitars and
>the early versions of the OM adapter for Tamron lenses had 4 screws on
the mount
>which could be hazardous to the OM4.
>It is one heavy lens.
Yikes! The screw holes ominously look like where the OM but not the
newer OL adaptall adapters had the screw holes that
caused a problem. I did fix one with epoxy but am not inclined to do
that to a lens. Eventually just snipped a newer adaptall. I hope I can
find the old doctored one.
Perhaps a bit of non residue tape will be OK for a mount or two. Which
screw hole is the problem again?
The Mirex engineeers fixed that problem for me after I reminded them
about it in there customfabricated T-S adapter for OM,
but I didn't think to look at this Vivitar and have never heard of that
issue before. Thanks for posting.
Not the lens is that heavy compared to a Canyon 180 macro and I am not
aware of any newer dedicated macro zooms.
It was pricey when new and I think referred to as a "medical lens." I
think dentists and pathologists liked it. I have read that it
was a financial bust. Quite nice big butterfly lens for OM IMO.
Mike
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