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Re: [OM] 35-70 f:3.6 vs. 35-70 f:3.5-4.5

Subject: Re: [OM] 35-70 f:3.6 vs. 35-70 f:3.5-4.5
From: Matthias Wilke <Matthias.K.Wilke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 01:31:08 +0200
>On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 09:48:36PM +0200, Matthias Wilkepassed along lens
>test results, about the 35-70/3.6:
>> Remarks              very good
>>                      focusing
>>                      ring
>
>This is the only complaint I have with mine, actually: the focusing ring
>feels a little cheesy, in that it's not as smooth or as silkily stiff (hell,
>you know what I mean) as the other Zuikos I have. Probably a careful
>cleaning and relubrication of the focusing helix would fix that, but I'm not
>that adventurous.

Be careful, this lens has a ball raced focusing ring, dozens of very little
globules.

Matthias



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