Gary,
I know this is probably an obvious question, but here goes. It's a
preset lens, are you stopping the lens down to make the exposure.
Sorry, but it being the obvious, it had to be asked.
Having done it before myself,
Rand E
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Gary Edwards wrote:
>
> I just got a beautiful 65-116 from a well-known list member in a deal we
> both felt good about. It works fine with my 50/3.5 macro and my 85/2,
> but it doesn't seem to work with my old style, preset aperture Zuiko 80
> mm f/4 1:1 macro lens. Since the first two lenses seem to expose
> correctly, I'm pretty certain that there is nothing wrong with the
> 65-116 extension tube (it is too pretty to be broken, anyway). Does the
> preset 80 macro not work here? It seems to produce far too short an
> exposure time on auto with my OM-4Ts, but the exposure time seems about
> right after making a spot metered measurement. I'm puzzled. Am I doing
> something wrong or will this not work? (usual screwups are not the
> problem: film in the camera, new S76 silver oxides, lens aperture collar
> rotated to preset stop, etc.)
>
> Gary Edwards
>
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