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Re: [OM] OM to XF adapter?

Subject: Re: [OM] OM to XF adapter?
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 05:52:04 +0000
Thanks for that advice, Mark.

Chris

On 26 Feb 14, at 01:30, Mark Marr-Lyon <mark.marrlyon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a cheap (USD20) OM to Fuji adaptor, which works fine though the Fuji
> mount is just aluminum. I also have the Fuji M adaptor, so I got a slightly
> more expensive (USD27) OM to LM adaptor to use with it. It's nice having
> the button on the adaptor to bring up the lens menu as well as store the
> lens corrections. One problem I had with both adaptors is that they are too
> thin. I suspect this is done on purpose to make sure that the lens will
> focus at infinity, but it causes problems with ultrawides - enough that the
> Sigma 8mm fisheye was unusable. I have tried shimming with some success,
> though it's still a work in progress.

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