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Subject: Re: [OM] This is the first time I have posted questions...
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:44:20 -0500
At 05:27 PM 4/28/2003 -0600, you wrote:
10. Why is a 135mm/2.8 a telephoto lens, whereas a 135mm 4.5 is a macro lens?

Just the way they're designed -- the focal length is the same, but one is capable of getting very close to the subject, and the other one is not. I'm unsure of this, but because of its design, I don't believe the 135/4.5 can focus to infinity, so you can't use it as a "standard" moderate telephoto lens. On the other hand, as a macro lens, people tell me it rocks.


Garth

Garth,
It rocks alright and it *does* go to infinity. I don't think I'd set out to use it as a standard tele 135, but with the 65-115 tube it is really such a nice package that one could fairly easily do it. Kind of on the dark, slowish side, however.

Joel W.


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