[muddy beast]

My dad has an Olympus OM-10 35mm camera he bought years ago (like 20+?) and along with it he bought a vivitar lense. All I know about the lense is its a macro focusing zoom 75-205mm with an olympis. My question is, does anyone know if a lense like this would work on any digital SLR cameras today?

As some may know I'am in the market for a new DSLR camera and my family owns two Olympus OM-10 cameras and this is one of the lenses, if they are compatible with any DSLR cameras on the market they would make it worth buying an Olympus camera over my plans of a Canon XTi.

Here are some vague pics.

 

[Silver]

Nope. OM mount. Won't work on Olympus digital bodies either.

 

[binary visions]

There's an adapter to mount the OM mount to the 4/3 Olympus mount, but you lose metering. Obviously no AF either. So, unless you've got some seriously nice glass that it'd be worth manually metering for, there's not much added value.

I've got a handful of OM lenses and a body in my closet - a couple primes, a couple zooms. My dad's old collection.

 

[muddy beast]

Well my dad has this and the original 50mm lense that came with the camera. I found adapters on ebay and what not to connect the lenses to the camera I planned on buying anyways, the Canon XTi.

Anyhow, is 70 bucks worth it for an adapter for the lenses to my canon for use till I get more money? I understand the auto focus will not work? But what are the major let downs in using the OM lense with an adapter to the XTi?

http://cgi.ebay.com/AF-Confirm-Adapter-for-Olympus-OM-to-Canon-EOS-from-USA_W0QQitemZ130106806600QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4687QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Theirs an example adapter.

 

[binary visions]

As I said, you lose both auto focus AND metering. It sounds like you don't have a whole lot of camera experience, so essentially you're going to be shooting completely blind (unless you have a light meter). You're going to have no idea what the exposure will turn out like until you take the picture. Then you'll have to re-adjust, and shoot again. Check exposure. Re-adjust. Ad nauseum.

Frankly, I'd say it's completely not worth it. Some photographers have extremely high end glass like Zeiss optics that are fully manual and it's worth it for them, because they both have some experience (so they're not shooting blind) and the quality of the glass is so high. For a couple inexpensive Olympus lenses, don't even bother.

 

[muddy beast]

It sounds like you don't have a whole lot of camera experience...

you are correct.
I'm starting it as a new hobby, always liked taking P and S pictures and enjoy other peoples pictures, but now I'm trying to learn the ropes.

My 16th B-day is in 16 days, and I will be asking for...and paying for half of a Canon XTi.

 

[binary visions]

Yeah, so essentially dumping you in the deep end with no metering and no AF is a sure way to make you hate photography . I mean, yes, people have been taking pictures without those two things for a long time but it's a far more painstaking process.

Save your $70 and apply it towards a more modern lens, and one built for your camera.

 

[Kornphlake]

Any Canon EF lens will fit an XTi, any 3rd party (ie Tamron, Sigma, Tokina, Quantaray, etc.) Canon EF mount lens will fit an XTi. There are plenty of older Canon lenses that were built for the older 35mm EOS cameras that can be found for less than the cost of that adaptor yet will allow you to keep autofocus and metering. Actually I've come across a few 35mm Rebels on Craigslist that are being sold with a lens for less than what the lens alone is selling for on Ebay, people forget that a lens is still worth money even though the camera body is obsolete.