Although I have no need for it I also appreciated the simple (and quite
brilliant) solution. Wish I'd thought of it. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/1/2011 10:10 AM, Michael Hobart wrote:
> Mark
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> Thanks, that was too simple a solution to have come to my mind :-)
> Well, there's a good reason to have a mailing list to toss questions
> at... there are a couple of places nearby that have filter bins of
> remainder, so I'll take a look at them.
>
> Michael Hobart mhobart@xxxxxxx
>
> The Generations Tips pages and some of my personal genealogy is
> available at http://users.sisna.com/mhobart
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>> From: Mark Marr-Lyon<mark.marrlyon@xxxxxxxxx> Date: April 30, 2011
>> 6:56:29 AM MDT To: Olympus Camera
>> Discussion<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [OM] Step-down
>> rings that fit the OM Ring-flash T-8? Reply-To: Olympus Camera
>> Discussion<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
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>> I had the same problem, so I used a 55 mm filter for an extension.
>> I had expected to have to break the glass out, but I found a filter
>> in a camera store's filter bin where the glass was held in with a
>> screw-in retaining ring so it was easy to remove.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Michael Hobart<mhobart@xxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> I have an OM-era Olympus T-8 ring flash set. It is threaded for
>>> both 49 and 55 mm filter threads and I had thought to get a
>>> 58->55mm step-down ring to use it with the Vivitar Series 1 90mm
>>> f2.5 macro lens, which has a 58mm filter thread. It turns out
>>> that the space on the T-8 for the filter rings is quite narrow,
>>> and the step-down adapter I got is too thick at the front :-(
>>>
>>> I imagine that others have run into this issue in the past. Does
>>> anyone know of a brand of step-down rings that fit on the T-8?
>>>
>>> For now I'll just use it with my Zuiko lenses, which of course
>>> fit just fine.
>>>
>>> Thanks Michael Hobart mhobart@xxxxxxx
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