My 119275 has a dot, although I'd call it orange instead of brown.
Walt
> In reply to my query about the variable aperture on the 35~105, Piers replied:
>
> <snip>
> Max aperture is f/3.5 at 35mm and f/4.5 at 105mm. The little brown dot
> beside the white dash is the aperture index at 105mm (and the dash is the
> index at 35mm)Piers
> <Snip>
>
> I cannot find said little brown dot on my 35~105 (S/N 504xxx)... which is
> why I thought perhaps the 35~105 worked the same as the 35~70/3.5~4.5, i.e.
> the variable aperture with focal length only applied when the aperture was
> wide open, and it became a fixed aperture from f/5.6 to f/22.
>
> So I'm still a little confused - are there multiple versions of the 35~105?
> Dotted and dot-less??? Hummmmmm...
>
> Curt
>
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