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[OM] Re: 28/2.8

Subject: [OM] Re: 28/2.8
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:23:37 -0500
Normal!  Try many lenses going to the maximum f stop and you'll see that 
meter movement between the last 2 clicks is oftem just a half stop instead 
of one.  I heard about this back in the 80's.  Just use the lens, it's okay.

John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:17 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: 28/2.8


> Just opened the back of my 28/2.8 but found nothing worth adjusting, and
> didn't dare to disassemble further without a little help from my friends.
> Fortunately, the lens remains just as before I dared to do so. I do love 
> it
> so much.
>
> Fernando.
>
>> From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [OM] 28/2.8  Was: The (well almost) definitive word on T-32 
>> coverage
>>
>> I had observed that when opening the 28/2.8 one stop from 22 to 4, speed
>> moved up, as supposed to, one stop faster (or in Manual, clicking the 
>> speed
>> ring towards the next faster speed to keep the needle of my OM-2 
>> centered) -
>> *except* when opening up from f4 to f2.8.
>> In this full stop opening, meter showed only a half stop rise.
>> Yes, no matter how much troubleshooting I did.
>> Now I have another OM-2n, and the 28/2.8 behaves the same.
>> It does like this since I bought it new.
>> Does anyone have the same experience? What about the 24/2.8?
>> Suggestions?
>>
>
>

> 



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