Olympus OM system close-up and macro equipment

The Olympus OM system, which was introduced in 1972 and remained in production until 2003, included a range of lenses, lighting, stands and accessories for close-up and macrophotography that has never been equalled by any other manufacturer. This Web site aims to illustrate and document the close-up and macro system, and includes original photographs, descriptions of the equipment, and reproductions of the instruction leaflets and manuals.

• Macrophoto group
• Lens group
• Flashphoto group
• Finder group
• Photomicro group
• Case group

There are also pages on going digital and on M System equipment, and indexes of product names, numbers and codes.

Olympus supplied dealers with the loose-leaf Sales Information File, which contained details and photographs of almost everything in the Olympus OM system:

• Olympus OM System Sales Information File (PDF, 30-ring, 254 MB)

Olympus OM macrophoto group

• Olympus OM System Manual for Macrophoto Group (PDF)
• Olympus OM System Macrophoto Group brochure (PDF)
• Olympus OM System Photomacrography Group – Sales Information File (PDF, 3-ring)
• Olympus OM System Close-up – Group Sales Information File (PDF, 3-ring)

Extension tubes and bellows

• Extension Tubes
• Auto Extension Tubes
• Telescopic Auto Tube 65–116
• Auto Bellows
  • Double cable release
  • Adapter Ring 55→49 mm
  • Slide Copier
  • Roll Film Stage

Copying and macro stands

• Handy Copy Stand
  • Adapter Ring 55→49 mm
• Copy Stand
  • Table Clamp
• Macrophoto Stand VST-1
  • Macrophoto Stand B Adapter
  • Macrophoto Stand Extension Bar VST-E
  • Stage glasses and plates
  • Mechanical Stage FM
  • Cup Stage
• Focusing Rail
• Focusing Stage

Lighting

• Trans-Illuminator PM-LSD
  • Filters
  • Transformers
• Trans-Illuminator Base X-DE
  • Aperture Iris Diaphragm
  • Centering Mirror PM-EL-CS
• Lieberkühn Reflectors
• Mirror Housings
• Epi-Illuminator PM-LSD 2
  • Filters
  • Transformers
• Lighting Set for Copy Stand

Close-up lenses

• Close-up lenses

Olympus OM lens group

Macro lenses

• Zuiko Auto-Macro 50mm f/3.5
• Zuiko Auto-Macro 50mm f/2
• Zuiko Auto-Macro 90mm f/2

Bellows macro lenses (manual)

• Zuiko Macro 20mm f/3.5
  • Objective Lens Mount PM-MTob Adapter
• Zuiko Macro 38mm f/3.5
  • Objective Lens Mount PM-MTob Adapter
• Zuiko 1:1 Macro 80mm f/4
  
  

Bellows macro lenses (automatic)

• Zuiko Auto-Macro 20mm f/2
• Zuiko Auto-Macro 38mm f/2.8
• Zuiko Auto-1:1 Macro 80mm f/4
  • Close-up Lens 80mm Macro f=170 mm
• Zuiko Auto-Macro 135mm f/4.5

Olympus OM flashphoto group

Macro flash

• T Power Control 1
  • Calculator panels
  • AC Adapter 3
• T8 Ring Flash 2
• T10 Ring Flash 1
  • Ring Cross Filter POL
  • 6V Power Pack 2
• T28 Macro Twin Flash 1
  • Macro Flash Shoe Ring
  • ND Filter Set T32
• T28 Macro Single Flash 1

Olympus OM finder group

Focusing screens

• Focusing Screen 1-4
• Focusing Screen 1-4N
• Focusing Screen 1-8
• Focusing Screen 1-10
• Focusing Screen 1-11
• Focusing Screen 1-12
• Focusing Screen 2-4

Viewfinder accessories

• Varimagni Finder
• Eye Coupler

Olympus OM photomicro group

• Olympus OM System Manual for Photomicrography Group (PDF)
• Olympus OM System Photomicrography Group – Sales Information File (PDF, 3-ring)

Camera adapters

• Photomicro Adapter H + PM-D35-S (PDF)
• Photomicro Adapter H2
• Photomicro Adapter L
• Attaching a digital SLR camera to an Olympus BH-2 microscope

Eyepiece adapters

• Eyepiece Adapter PM-ADF
• Eyepiece Adapter PM-ADG
• Eyepiece Adapter PM-ADG-3
• Eyepiece Adapter PM-ADP

Photographic eyepieces

• NFK Photo Eyepieces
• FK Photo Eyepieces
• P Photo Eyepieces
• PE Photo Eyepieces

Microscopes

• Compound microscopes
  • Objective designations
• Stereo microscopes
• Microscope catalogues and instruction manuals

Cameras

• SC 35 Type 12 Microscope camera

Olympus OM case group

Macrophoto/medical Cases

• Macrophoto/Medical Case A
• Macrophoto/Medical Case B

Indexes

• Index of product names and codes
• Index of product codes
• Index of Olympus America Inc. stock numbers

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