Re: [OM] Long Focus vs. Mirror Lens

[Tom Trottier]

On Thursday, January 31, 2002 at 20:21, Jim Brokaw 
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Long Focus vs. Mirror Lens" saying:

> on 1/31/02 3:15 PM, Daniel J. Mitchell at DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> 
> >> + Mirror lenses usually focus quite a bit closer than regular teles.
> > 
> > Yes, the ones on e*ay claim they'll focus down to 5.6 feet/1:3, which is
> > pretty good. (though I'm not sure when I'd use that; photographing flowers
> > on the other side of fences or something, I guess)
> 
> Close-up pictures of snakes...

I dunno. Politicians tend to get so close you need an 8mm.

tOM
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