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I bought a DMC GF1, charged up the battery, installed & formatted a card and set the camera atop my microscope's photo tube without a lens.

Yes I get an image on the screen that I can focus with the microscope's fine focus control. When I try to take a picture I get a message, "...attach lens correctly..." and no picture taking is possible.

What's up here? Is it a simple matter of installing (for example) an M 42 to micro 4/3 adapter on the camera...or is something else going on? RM

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Panasonic DMC-GF1, Pentax 35mm Spotmatic, *istDS; Nikon 2200 Coolpix; Zeiss model W microscope; 8" Newtonian f6.25 telescope (built from scratch); South Bend 9" lathe (for making parts); Photoshop, etc.

Hmm, good question but one I can't answer 100%.

I assume the camera won't fire (with the default settings anyway) unless there is something attached to the mount. So there are two solutions:

1: Use a M4/3 converter for your microscope

or

2: See if there's a menu setting which lets the camera 'release' without a lens.

This site might be useful as it sells lots of adapters:

http://www.cameraquest.com/adp_micro_43.htm

Gordon, thanks for the lead.

I have a couple of different Micro 4/3 adapters on the way. One is an M42 for the microscope (and the telescope). We shall see.

Finding a menu setting is a whole different story. Other than hit & miss pushing buttons, the only real reference I have is the GF1 Operator's Manual which seems to have been written by a team of crazy people who really like scavenger hunts.

Hopefully, it's just a simple matter of having something in the mount.

Thanks again--RM

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Panasonic DMC-GF1, Pentax 35mm Spotmatic, *istDS; Nikon 2200 Coolpix; Zeiss model W microscope; 8" Newtonian f6.25 telescope (built from scratch); South Bend 9" lathe (for making parts); Photoshop, etc.

On my GH1, the option is called "shoot without lens" in the manual/index ("shoot w/o lens" on the camera's LCD) and it's on/in/under the "Custom" menu.

HTH - Mark

Maestro hi,

Bingo.

Thank you very, very much.
RM

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Panasonic DMC-GF1, Pentax 35mm Spotmatic, *istDS; Nikon 2200 Coolpix; Zeiss model W microscope; 8" Newtonian f6.25 telescope (built from scratch); South Bend 9" lathe (for making parts); Photoshop, etc.