Well my desire to get a deal is being overridden by my desire to not get
the shaft. Originally, I thought this was the 38mm 2.8 macro, which
would be an amazing find at this price. However, it doesn't seem to
match with the specs of that lens. First, it only goes to f/16. Second,
it's screw mount (which I missed in the first reading). Third, the
picture doesn't match the pics of the macro I've seen. Fourth, there's
no fine focus. Fifth, it's apparantly manual apeture (I got this piece
of info from the seller, I don't think he understood what that is
though). He described it as there being 2 rings that control apeture.
The first is unmarked the second has markings and detents. He said that
the setting of the 2nd ring controls how far you can move the first
ring. If you set the 2nd ring to f/16, then you can turn the first ring
through all the apetures. If you set the 2nd ring to 2.8, you can't turn
the first ring. That sounds to me as if it's a manual apeture mechanism
where you set the apeture with the 2nd ring and close down the lens by
turning the first.
Anyways, what is this lens? It's at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1218801217
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Andrew "Frugal" Dacey,
frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tildefrugal.net/
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