but the f-stop tab, on any other Zuiko auto lens, moves when that large thing I
call my hand moves the aperture ring - then doesn't move again when I hit the
shutter (I suspect you were thinking of the auto-diaphragm tab - and if you
weren't well comparing the 16/3.5 to the 8/2.8 the 8/2.8 seems to have a larger
set of blades etc, though since I'm looking through lenses to see, I'm not that
sure one's not being magnified)
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"Tom Trottier" <TomATrottier@xxxxxxxx> replies:
>My guess is that the aperture for the 8mm is so small, they couldn't
>get the leverage right for the lever.
Steven_Read@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx starts off with:
>> The OM-SIF ... notes, under 8mm/Fisheye, that "The aperture diaphragm
>> does not couple to the exposure meter." ... Auto-diaphragm,
>> but no f-stop tab...
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