The Kitstar 200mm is a lens that I acquired very cheaply on Ebay last year – it was an impulse purchase, really, since I knew very little about the lens other than it had a OM mount, and I was intrigued by its unusual maximum aperture. My intention was to compare it with my [...]
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OM mount Kitstar 200mm f/3.3 on the Sony Alpha 700
Posted in 3rd party lenses, Bower α Adapter, Digital SLR, Manual Lenses, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony α, Telephoto, tagged Kits Camera, Kitstar, Olympus, OM mount, Ritz Camera, Woodland on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Olympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part II: George Washington Masonic Temple with a Zuiko 35-70mm f/4
Posted in 3rd party lenses, Bower α Adapter, Digital SLR, Manual Lenses, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony α, Zoom, Zuiko, Zuiko on Alpha, tagged Sony Alpha 700, GW Masonic Temple, Washington, National Treasure, Nicholas Cage, Olympus Manual lens on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finally got around to visiting the George Washington Masonic temple in Alexandria – it’s a shame that I haven’t been able to get over there, since I work close by – but DC traffic is hard to deal with on any given day. I visited on Martin Luther King Day – since it’s a [...]
Olympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part I – Zuiko lenses on Sony Alpha series cameras
Posted in 3rd party lenses, Bower α Adapter, Digital SLR, Manual Lenses, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony α, Zuiko, Zuiko on Alpha, tagged Bower α Adapter, Zuiko, Olympus Manual lens, OM on Sony Alpha, DP Forum on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A while ago, I had written about a Bower made Minolta AF to OM adapter that I was able to use on my Minolta 800si/Sony Alpha 700 to mount Zuiko and other 3rd party OM mount lenses.
The Bower adapter is actually a weak teleconverter since it has a glass element that permits infinity focus [...]
Soligor 500mm Mirror on Sony Alpha 700
Posted in Bower α Adapter, Digital SLR, Mirror Lens, Photography, Soligor C/D, Sony Alpha 700, Sony α, Telephoto, tagged Backyard wildlife, Fixed Aperture, Minolta AF, Mirror Lens, OM adapter, Soligor, Sony A700, T-mount on January 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I mounted the Soligor 500mm mirror on the Sony A700 using the Minolta AF-Olympus OM Bower adapter. The Soligor is a T-mount lens, but I’ve been using it with an Olympus T-mount for so long, the ring is hard to get off. I just mounted the Minolta AF mount adapter right on to the lens [...]
