Tag Archives: Adapters
Mirax Laborec microscope adapter in the movies
Dan Aykroyd in Ghostbusters (1984) Fun fact: The right tube in Dan Aykroyd’s ‘goggles’ (on the left on the above pictures) is made out of an original Mirax (Miranda) Laborec‘s microscope adapter; nowadays a very rare and valuable collector’s item.
Miranda – Micro Four Thirds adapter review (part 2)
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Fotodiox has now a range of adapters for Miranda lenses. Since then I have wanted to see and test them for myself, so I ended ordering their Fotodiox PRO Miranda-MFT adapter for $59,95 … Continue reading
Fotodiox Miranda adapters
The life is getting easier for the mixed Miranda + digital users like me. Just recently I noticed that Fotodiox has a full range of adapters for fitting Miranda lenses to various digital cameras (and lots of other adapters, too). … Continue reading
Testing Miranda lenses on a m4/3 Olympus (part 2)
Actually, the title is a bit misleading, because this time I’m testing Soligor lenses, although they all have either Miranda screw-mount or bayonet mounts. The weather today was overcast but quite warm for the season, so I did some walking-around … Continue reading
Miranda – Micro Four Thirds adapter review (part 1)
One of the interesting side-effects of the small register (flange distance to the film/sensor) of the mirrorless digital system cameras is the possibility to use almost any make and model of the older manual lenses with them, provided that the … Continue reading
