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Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus Believe It or Not
From: Steve Goss <steveg3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 20:11:04 -0600
Maybe he was using on a bellows, and did not have the nifty Olympus dual
shutter release.

Franklin Berryman wrote:
> 
> I need a little help solving a mystery.  I sold my 35mm f2.8 SC Zuiko and
> replaced it with a MC version off eBAY.  Compulsive?  Anyway, the lens
> arrived today.  It was in good shape EXCEPT a former owner had drilled a
> tiny hole in the back of the mount right behind the depth of field preview
> button, inserted a tiny screw, held the button down and tightened it so that
> the button was permanently depressed and the iris would open up and close
> down as you turned the aperture ring - in essence making it a preset lens.
> Why in the world would anyone do that?


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