I looked again - I think you are right, it's an enlarging lens - the 38
manual has a stop down ring and is larger!
Jim Caldwell
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Williams" <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Mystery 38mm 2.8
> I agree with the seller. It's an enlarging lens.
>
> It may be for a half-frame format.
>
> Skip
>
>
> At 10:15 PM 3/5/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >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
> >
> >--
> >Andrew "Frugal" Dacey,
> >frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >http://www.tildefrugal.net/
> >
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