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Re: [OM] pendantic quibbles

Subject: Re: [OM] pendantic quibbles
From: "George M. Anderson" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 14:24:53 -0700
Neil;

Mine does as yours does.  Moves about 1/2 stop.

George

Joel Wilcox wrote:
> 
> At 12:42 PM 4/11/99 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >A second question - My 50mm 1.4 seems to have an annoying problem
> >which may either be a design fault or a specific problem with my lens.
> >When the aperture is set at 1.4, the meter doesn't seem to register a
> >full stop increase in light from f2.0 but rather something nearer a
> >half stop. i.e the needle in the viewfinder is lower for, say, f1.4 at
> >125th than it is for f2.0 at 60th. The problem seems to be with the
> >lens - the little metal guide which moves to tell the camera what
> >aperture is set doesn't move as much between f 2 and f1.4 as it does
> >between the other stops. Do I have a duff lens or is this a universal
> >problem? Or, horror of horrors (surely not), is the 1.4  actually not
> >quite a 1.4?
> >
> >Neil.
> >
> >
> Hi Neil,
> 
> I vote for a duff lens in this case. My meter shows me a full stop
> difference  between 2.0 and 1.4 with my 50/f1.4.
> 
> Joel
>

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