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Originally posted by barondla Matt Gun, would love to see a pic of the lens mount of the adapted Olympus 35 shift lens.
thanks
barondla
might try it myself.
Here are a few pictures of the conversion, posted previously in the
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/34323-zuiko-lens-club-2.html.
The original OM mount removed from the lens together with the flanged K mount and brass blank which combined to make the new K mount:
The new K mount after silver soldering but before final machining:
The K mount centred on my small lathe being machined to final dimensions:
The completed K mount next to the original OM mount:
The tolerences are not really that tight and so it is quit possible to make the conversion without machine tools as several people have done with other Zuiko lenses.
Last edited by MattGunn; 03-13-2010 at 12:53 PM.