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Re: [OM] shift lenses; plastic lenses; bellows factor

Subject: Re: [OM] shift lenses; plastic lenses; bellows factor
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:05:26 +0800
I heard the Zuiko 50/2 do get shorter in focal length at close focus.

C.H.Ling

Julian Davies wrote:
> 
> >> By definition, a lens's focal length is the distance from the lens's
> optical center to the film plane.
> 
> At infinity focus
> 
> >>As you focus closer, the lens's focal
> length increases.
> 
> NOPE only "internal focusing" lenses change focal length with focus action.
> They get shorter as you focus closer. External focus lenses (all Zuikos
> except the white ones , the 18 and 24 shift) do not change their focal
> length.
> 
> Julian

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