on 4/9/02 8:39 PM, John A. Lind at jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> At 22:29 4/9/02, Stephen Scharf wrote:
>
>> According to the Olympus sheet that came with my Zuiko 300mm from C.H. Ling,
>> the focussing beyond infinity is to account for thermal expansion, so Jim
>> Timpe is corret.
>>
>> -Stephen Scharf
>> --
>
> Yes, my 300/4.5 and several other Zuikos also focus very slightly past
> infinity. Confirmed it with a 2X-A and 300/4.5 aimed at a full moon one
> night a couple years ago. It's never bothered me . . . I always check
> focus even if it's on a mountain range 10 miles or more distant. John H.
> put it well: "it's better to go 'beyond infinity' than to not reach it."
>
> -- John
Perhaps these lenses were designed by Buzz Lightyear? "to infinity and
beyond..."
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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