Customer Reviews

Opteka T-Mount Adapter for Olympus Evolt System E-1, E-3, E-5, E-30, E-300, E-330, E-410, E-420, E-450, E-500, E-510, E-520, E-600 and E-620 Digital SLR Cameras

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If you have a telescope and want to use it as an extreme telephoto lens a T-mount adapter is a must. Recently I acquired an e-510 and wanted to use it with my ancient Celestron 5, f/10 (Schmidt-Cassegrain design). This adapter works fine with my Celestron T-mount and the e-510 with "Live View" allows easy control of exposure, composition and focus (using camera live LCD image magnification). See half-moon photo taken with the above combination. Look forward to trying on wildlife. Camera and adapter were purchased from 47th Street Photo and service and speed of delivery was excellent.

I got this adapter to connect my new E-510 to my telescope using a T-mount tube. The telescope manufacturer offers the T-mount, and then you adapt your camera to it. I later learned that I could have just used my OM to E-volt adapter with my old OM to T-mount, but this way I can still keep my film camera set up for astrophotography separately. Because of the very fine threads on the T-mount, though, changing adapters is not as easy as it sounds. Lining up the threads is difficult unless you make the T-mount connection first, without the camera weight to fight against.

One of those unexpected standards that makes life easier; attach your camera to a telescope. It just works.

This device is a metallic adaptor that fits OK to my Olympus E500. I had no problems using it with my old celestron 80mm WA and an Orion T adapter.
It fits very well.

I got this adapter to attach my E-510 to my telescope. It does that job well, as I expected it would. Great price, quick delivery.

I bought this item for use on my new Olympus E-Volt E-620. It fits well with no shake or wobble. It is an all-metal item, with no moving parts. it will NOT connect for any automatic functions, nor is it meant to.

I am using this adapter with an old Spiratone 4x zoom slide duplicator. Because of the approximately 1/4 thickness of the adapter and the design of the four-thirds mount system, I am unable to focus at the lowest magnifications, and the zoom factor is increased as well. I am copying old 1/2-frame slides, and still must crop at least a quarter of the image area. I had a few Minox-size slides (16x12mm) and the blew up beautifully. If you are using this item on a telescope or microscope this may not be a problem. It might even be an advantage. BUT BE AWARE: the four-thirds format magnifies about 50% more than other digital format mounts.