[UniPol]

Hi everyone,

I have been collecting Olympus OM cameras and lenses for quite a number of years and they were the preferred choice for astrophotography back when. With the advent of digital and my purchase of a 300D and more recently a 350D, the OM gear just sits in the display cabinet looking a bit forlorn. A few months ago I saw adaptors for Canon EOS 300D/350D to Olympus OM lenses up for auction. They were from Shanghai and cost around $50 including delivery. It arrived in about a week, was superbly made and fitted perfectly. Of course you can only use the lenses manually however the metering is as normal and is spot on. I tried out all my OM lenses and they gave excellent results, although some lenses were a little hard to focus particularly the 28mm or less. The 50/1.2 was fantastic, giving razor sharp images, they were always a great lens. I have just ordered a camera piggy back attachment for my LX200 and I'm going to try them out on the night sky. It will be interesting to see the results. The price of used 35mm lenses has plummeted since digital and they can be picked up on ebay or camera fairs very cheaply. In my case, it is quite gratifying to be able to use the old lenses again.

I have attached a couple of pics of one of my Unitron refractors taken indoors with flash. The lens is the OM 200mm /f 1:5 set at f5 taken from about 3 metres. The good thing with digital is that if you botch up the focus just take some more pics till you get it right.

Cheers everybody, Steve