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Re: [OM] value estimation of 80mm macro + f=170mm lens

Subject: Re: [OM] value estimation of 80mm macro + f=170mm lens
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 07:56:43 -0400
I believe they are different optically.  The auto version has a big
protrusion out the back and requires a special cap.  That would say, to me,
that they are different designs.

You did get QUITE a bargain.

Tom

> >$300 if it is the new one, $200 if it is the old one.
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> Wow, so I got mine (manual, but marked "mc") very cheap then. Picked
> it up in a 2nd hand camera store here in Amsterdam for around $80.
> They had just priced it down $40 because it had been sitting on their
> shelves for ages. Looked and felt like new.
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> Are the auto and manual versions any different optically or is it
> just the aperture mechanism? I could never tell from the
> cross-section drawings.
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> Ton
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