I think it's a standard width. It looks large because of the short barrel
length - it has to be used on a bellows or extension tube.
tOM
On Monday, May 19, 2003 at 10:36
Skip Williams <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What's amazing to me is the HUGE size of the objective on the 80mm f/4 lens.
> It
> looks like it should be an f/2 or brighter by the size of the front element.
>
> Does anyone have opinions on why it's so big?
...
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2929742839&category=3333
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