M42 to oly E420 adapter.

jacob · 19th December 2008

as i progress, i'm looking for an adapter to mount M42 lenses to Olympus E series cameras. anybody got any experience on these adapter that allows me to attached M42 mount lenses on to Oly E series cameras?
unable to autofocus is understandable.

1) does it focus to infinity with m42 lenses?
2) any pitfall of using it etc?

anyone care to share?

thanks in advance.

Mikefellh · 19th December 2008

Have you already read the information on the Wrotniak site:
http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/43/any-lens.html

Otherwise there's little difference from using M42 adapters compared to other adapters like OM. Personally I've used T-mount which is very similar to the M42 thread, and have had no issues AS LONG as the lens is threaded snugly on the adapter (so the lens doesn't come loose when you adjust it).

jacob · 21st December 2008

thanks mike for the reply with good infos. i'm looking for one that's available over in singapore. guess i've gotta wait for replies from the local guys here.

19th December 2008	#1
jacob Deregistered Join Date: May 2005 Location: Former CS Senior Member Posts: 3,067	M42 to oly E420 adapter. as i progress, i'm looking for an adapter to mount M42 lenses to Olympus E series cameras. anybody got any experience on these adapter that allows me to attached M42 mount lenses on to Oly E series cameras? unable to autofocus is understandable. 1) does it focus to infinity with m42 lenses? 2) any pitfall of using it etc? anyone care to share? thanks in advance.

19th December 2008	#2
Mikefellh Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,460	Re: M42 to oly E420 adapter. Have you already read the information on the Wrotniak site: http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/43/any-lens.html Otherwise there's little difference from using M42 adapters compared to other adapters like OM. Personally I've used T-mount which is very similar to the M42 thread, and have had no issues AS LONG as the lens is threaded snugly on the adapter (so the lens doesn't come loose when you adjust it).

21st December 2008	#3
jacob Deregistered Join Date: May 2005 Location: Former CS Senior Member Posts: 3,067	Re: M42 to oly E420 adapter. thanks mike for the reply with good infos. i'm looking for one that's available over in singapore. guess i've gotta wait for replies from the local guys here.