Focus mechanism - with Olympus' experience in producing optical microscopes
I don't know why they didn't use something they were familiar with, 2
concentric focussing knobs, one coarse and one fine. This would also have
been great on the OM bellows and focussing stage.
...Wayne
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> From: olympus <olympus-
> bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Ken Norton
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Photoessay: OM Zuiko 500mm f/8 Reflex
>
> I used a borrowed 600/6.5 a couple decades ago. While it was actually
quite
> sharp and optically well-behaved, the lens itself was a disaster to use
for
> three reasons:
>
> 1. Stability. The slightest bit of wind or vibration would set it off. The
way it
> balanced with the camera body on the tripod meant that it would rock or
> oscillate. Absolutely impossible to keep it still.
>
> 2. Vibration from the aperture-actuator mechanism. It set off a resonance
in
> the camera/lens combination that wasn't possible to avoid.
>
> 3. Focus mechanism. The rack-and-pinion focus was absolutely the most
> absurd focus mechanism I've ever tried using. I've used RaP focus
> mechanisms on other camera systems, but those seemed better balanced to
> the task. The thing I hated most is that while focusing, the camera moved.
>
> When coupled with shooting flash, the results are staggeringly sharp. But
I
> got maybe two or three sharp non-flash pictures over the time I had the
lens.
>
> AG Schnozz
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