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Re: [OM] Olympus Believe It or Not

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus Believe It or Not
From: Steve Goss <steveg3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 20:33:49 -0600
I've seen some third party bellows.  Do they all have the stop down lever?
If you mount a Zuiko lens on a T or other such adaptor does it automatically
stop down the lens?

Jim Couch wrote:
> 
> On the Olympus Bellows there is s stop down lever that would accomplish the 
> same
> thing without managling a perfectly good lens. The lever is for use whn you 
> don't
> use the dual cable release. I suppose that this feature might not be 
> available on
> some after market bellows set though.
> 
> Steve Goss wrote:
> 
> > Maybe he was using on a bellows, and did not have the nifty Olympus dual
> > shutter release.
> >
> > Franklin Berryman wrote:
> > >
> > > I need a little help solving a mystery.  I sold my 35mm f2.8 SC Zuiko and
> > > replaced it with a MC version off eBAY.  Compulsive?  Anyway, the lens
> > > arrived today.  It was in good shape EXCEPT a former owner had drilled a
> > > tiny hole in the back of the mount right behind the depth of field preview
> > > button, inserted a tiny screw, held the button down and tightened it so 
> > > that
> > > the button was permanently depressed and the iris would open up and close
> > > down as you turned the aperture ring - in essence making it a preset lens.
> > > Why in the world would anyone do that?
> >
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