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Re: [OM] 40mm Zuiko

Subject: Re: [OM] 40mm Zuiko
From: *- DORIS FANG -* <sfsttj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 02:47:32 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, William Sommerwerck wrote:

> This clever little lens is very shallow. It reduced the overall depth of
> an OM camera enough that the camera could slip into a (large) shirt
> pocket. This is what makes the lens so desirable -- what other 35mm SLR
> can do that?

  The Pentax MX & MEs with their similar 40mm pancake lens.

> This lens also had a GN coupler. You set the guide number of your flash
> on the lens, and when the coupler was engaged, the lens opening
> automatically varied as you focused the lens -- automatic flash exposure
> from a manual flash.

  I thought only the Nikon GN 45/2.8 lens had this feature. Do the OM 40mm
do this too ? I own a Nikon 45/2.8, a very lightweight, interesting lens
that is ultra-sharp and a joy to carry (though the 50/1.8E is as light or
lighter). Currently, Pentax hath intro'ed another pancake lens, a
40mmf/1.9 that has received great reviews.

                                 *= Doris Fang =*
 


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