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Subject: [OM] Aperture on Zuiko 35-105/3.5~4.5
From: "Globtroter" <zbturon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 08:35:48 +0200
Hi, Chris and All!
I've been having the lens 35-105 for some time.
A wonderful lens anyway, but has this one
disadvantage - it is not really 3,5-4,5, it is simply
and only 4,5 dimm.
So, you didn't buy a lemon,
you bought such a lens with such a discomfort.

Regards,
Zbigniew
 

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> I decided to look at my newly acquired 35-105 (sn 501,xxx) now that 
> you are talking about it (mine is easy to focus at 105 btw - but you 
> probably mean for testing purposes).  I found that the aperture 
> closes slightly when I select the aperture to smaller than 3.5.  Once 
> it has closed slightly, probably to 4.5) it remains constant 
> throughout the aperture or zoom range.  On the other hand, when I 
> zoom it with 3.5 selected, the aperture does not appear to change in 
> size - i.e. from 3.5 to 4.5.
> 
> Does the one you are testing do that?
> Does anyone else's?
> Have I bought  a lemon?
> 
> Chris


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