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Can I put a S-mount lens on a E500?

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Exdirtbiker New Member • Posts: 1
Can I put a S-mount lens on a E500?

Hello !

I was gifted a box full of toys...

(6) Various lenses for various 35mm cameras, a good working E500 with 14-54 lens

And ... a 1940s Filmo 16mm movie camera, with matching projector, -and- (drumroll...)

a 385mm lense for the FIlmo !!! It's 18" long !  But it's a C-mount.

I found adapters for C- to Micro 4/3, C- to  to my Nikon F but not the 4/3 E500  ??? Anyone have any suggestions on how to do it, or am I out of luck?

One of the lenses is a Komuranon Oly OM 80-200 zoom, I might get the OM to 4/3 adapter if I can't make the C work.

Here's the Filmo with the 385:  When you look through the viewfinder, half the view is blocked !

Stephen Strangways
Stephen Strangways Contributing Member • Posts: 968
Re: Can I put a S-mount lens on a E500?

C-mount lenses cannot be mounted to cameras with mirrors, so 4/3rds and Nikon F is a no-go, but adapters to mirrorless cameras like Micro 4/3rds is possible, and Nikon Z would be technically possible, but pointless as the lenses will not cover such a large sensor.

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