Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] problem with 65-116 & 80 macro

Subject: Re: [OM] problem with 65-116 & 80 macro
From: "Rand E." <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:52:40 -0500
Gary,
  I know this is probably an obvious question, but here goes.  It's a
preset lens, are you stopping the lens down to make the exposure. 
Sorry, but it being the obvious, it had to be asked.
Having done it before myself,
Rand E
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary Edwards wrote:
> 
> I just got a beautiful 65-116 from a well-known list member in a deal we
> both felt good about.  It works fine with my 50/3.5 macro and my 85/2,
> but it doesn't seem to work with my old style, preset aperture Zuiko 80
> mm f/4 1:1 macro lens.  Since the first two lenses seem to expose
> correctly, I'm pretty certain that there is nothing wrong with the
> 65-116 extension tube (it is too pretty to be broken, anyway).  Does the
> preset 80 macro not work here?  It seems to produce far too short an
> exposure time on auto with my OM-4Ts, but the exposure time seems about
> right after making a spot metered measurement.  I'm puzzled.  Am I doing
> something wrong or will this not work?  (usual screwups are not the
> problem: film in the camera, new S76 silver oxides, lens aperture collar
> rotated to preset stop, etc.)
> 
> Gary Edwards
>

< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz