On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 10:29:49AM -0700, Jan Steinman wrote:
> >In a message dated 9/24/00 11:08:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> >> Incidently, I bought a cheap 28/2.8 today and it had a very deep back cap
> >> on it - a full inch deep instead of the usual half inch. Any idea what
> >> this
> >> is for?
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >This cap is for bellows lens such as the 80 mm macro where the rear element
> >projects into the mirror box or bellows.
>
> Put it on eBay with "RARE" in the subject, and you'll get enough for
> a dozen normal back-caps. :-)
But don`t mention that it is still available new from Olympus.
Frieder Faig
>
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