I'm not familiar with that brand, but I've tried several "macro " zooms
over the years, all different. I had a Vivitar that had a switch, a
Soligar that had a separate "ring" that I think must have moved some
elements around to achieve "macro," a Sigma that just focused closer than
most zooms in it's range, and a Tamron on which you have to pull back on
the zoom ring, then turn it to the left till it clicked into place, after
which varying degrees of "macro" can be obtained by zooming in and out.
I'd say lacking instructions or somebody familiar with it, try all of the
above, and anything else you can think of, short of brute force! Good
luck.
Daryl Hurley
On Mon, 07 Sep 1998 08:05:44 +0100 Andrew Burrows <bugsbugs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
>Hi
>
>I'm just getting into photography so I bought an OM10 about a month
>ago
>- its great and I've already had a lot of fun with it. This mate of my
>Dad's gave me a zoom lens for it at the weekend (made by ozeck with
>focal lengths from 80 to 200mm) it is probably not a great one - as
>after all this guy just gave it me - but it is better than nothing.
>
>Any how my problem is that it has printed on it (next to all the focus
>and zoom information) stuff about a MACRO MAG - as I understand it you
>have to do something to a zoom lens to make it do macro stuff but I
>can't find anything, on the lens, that I could do to get a macro mode.
>
>Could it be that the markings refer to a non-existent mode or am I
>missing something obvious? I am not that bothered if it hasn't got
>the
>mode but if it has I would like to know how to use it.
>
>Please be patient with me as I am new to all this
>
>Thanks
>
>Andy
>
>
>
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