Olympus OM30 focusing problem

[Debndunk]

Hi everyone,

thank you for taking the time to read this, this my problem is

I have just bought an Olympus OM30 and it will just not focus on anything. I know that the lens are good but it just won't focus any ideas.

 

[r_a_feldman]

I have just bought an Olympus OM30 and it will just not focus on anything. I know that the lens are good but it just won't focus any ideas.

What do you mean by "will just not focus on anything"? What lens do you have on it? I believe that it will autofocus only with a special autofocus 35-70mm/F4 zoom lens.

 

[Debndunk]

Using a 50mm f1.8 or any other manual focus lens, you can't seem to get anything I focus. It is as if the focusing ring is working in reverse. Eg when standing 1 meter away from subject it focuses on infinity.

Thanks

 

[Frank53]

Do you mean the focus indication in the finder?

 

[reddesert]

We need more clarity to help with this problem. For example: you put the 50mm lens on and point it at a subject 1 meter away. Now you turn the focusing ring to bring the subject into focus:

- are you looking at the focus indicator, or focusing a sharp image on the focusing screen?
- do you mean that when the image (of this subject at 1m) on the focusing screen is sharp, the lens focus ring scale is at infinity?
- or that when you turn the focusing ring to 1m, the focusing screen shows a sharp image at infinity?

Problems like this sometimes mean that the mirror or focusing screen is out of place, or the lens mount is out of place (or even that there's a diopter on the eyepiece, although that would make everything blurry including the viewfinder readouts). Pictures of the camera lens mount and mirror/screen area also may help.