On 2/24/2018 10:37 AM, Jan Steinman via olympus wrote:
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
But I was thinking that there were a few lens models that had
different types of screw head. Some of my lenses have flat-head
screws, but most are cross-type. Not sure which are friendlier to the
pin.
I NEVER had that problem with a multitude of Olympus lenses -- including the
aforementioned 16/3.5 -- but encountered it almost immediately when I got a
third-party lens (and not even a cheap one: the Tamron 300/2.8). I sent the
body to John for a new pin, sold the Tamron, and swore off third-party lenses.
Tamron made Adaptall adapters with four screws holding the mount on. Worked fine on all the OM 1 and 2 and double digit
bodies. Then Oly added that little switch, and the adapters* didn't work. Tammy redesigned the adapters**, with a
different label, so new/old could be recognized, but of course the old ones were still out there.
Sort of hard to fault them. They designed many Adaptalls, for many mounts,
before Oly threw a curve ball.
I was forewarned here, used many third party lenses, including several Tamrons
on OM-4(T(i))s, with nary a problem.
Screw Loose Moose
* I wanted to write "they", but no, "the adapters" is less ambiguous.
* I wanted to write "them", but no, "the adapters" is less ambiguous.
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