Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Larry, Have a look here: http://cameraquest.com/adaptnew.htm and then compare again! I'm sure that you are right; you've got the hardware. There are others who will be keen to know, I think. B. On 27-feb-2006, at 0:13, lrzeitlin@optonline.net wrote: > > <<More details on the new camera can be found here: > http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/review/panasonic/lumix_dmcl1/ > slr_camera.html >>> > > I live in a backwater of the Hudson Valley and I confess to never > having seen a 4/3 camera in the flesh. When I looked at pictures of > the Panasonic version in the above URL, the lens mount looked > suspiciously like the mount on my old Pen F. When I exhumed my old > Pen from the storage drawer and compared the mounts, they look very > much alike. I know that the 4/3 mount has electrical contacts that > are absent on the Pen, but are the flange dimensions and back focus > alike? > > I also have the Pen to OM camera adapter. If the adaptor can be > fitted to the 4/3 camera, all of my old and very good OM lenses may > also fit. The adapter looks identical to the one currently being > offered for using OM lenses on the Oly E-300. > > Questions, questions. > > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information