It's the old manual 38 macro - it requires a special mount and has a pre-set
aperature that you manually stop down before using!
Jim Caldwell
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Dacey" <frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Mailing list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 9:15 PM
Subject: [OM] Mystery 38mm 2.8
> Well my desire to get a deal is being overridden by my desire to not get
> the shaft. Originally, I thought this was the 38mm 2.8 macro, which
> would be an amazing find at this price. However, it doesn't seem to
> match with the specs of that lens. First, it only goes to f/16. Second,
> it's screw mount (which I missed in the first reading). Third, the
> picture doesn't match the pics of the macro I've seen. Fourth, there's
> no fine focus. Fifth, it's apparantly manual apeture (I got this piece
> of info from the seller, I don't think he understood what that is
> though). He described it as there being 2 rings that control apeture.
> The first is unmarked the second has markings and detents. He said that
> the setting of the 2nd ring controls how far you can move the first
> ring. If you set the 2nd ring to f/16, then you can turn the first ring
> through all the apetures. If you set the 2nd ring to 2.8, you can't turn
> the first ring. That sounds to me as if it's a manual apeture mechanism
> where you set the apeture with the 2nd ring and close down the lens by
> turning the first.
>
> Anyways, what is this lens? It's at:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1218801217
>
> --
> Andrew "Frugal" Dacey,
> frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.tildefrugal.net/
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