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Re: [OM] Olympus 85-250mm

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus 85-250mm
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:50:24 -0500
I have both sitting on the desk by my computer.  The 35-105 gets 
13/16 in. longer when zoomed from 35mm to 105mm.  The 65-200 does 
not change at all.  It zoom is completely internal.  It does 
increase in length with focusing, of course, by about 3/8 in.

Walt

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 16:28:10 -0500

>The 35-105 Zuiko most definately DOES change length when zooming, 
by quite a
>bit. Don't have a 65-200 to check.   I suspect it does, though, 
as the
>50-250 does.
>
>Tom
>
>>
>> I no longer have a 35-105 or a 65-200 zoom to check, but I 
suspect that
>> they do not change length when zooming; I have at least two one-
touch
>zooms
>> (Tamron 80-210, Tokina ATX 80-200) that do not change their 
length when
>> zooming. Note that the 75-150 Zuiko also has internal zooming, 
and thus
>> does not increase in length.
>>
>> Roger Key
>>
>>
>>
>> Winsor wrote:
>>
>> I checked my OM System Lens Handbook.  It gives a length for a
>> specified zoom for the 100-200/5, 28-48/4, 35-70/3.6 and 4. It 
just
>> gives a length for the 85-250/5, 35-105/3.5-4.5, 75-150/4, and
>> 65-200/4. Not consistent, I guess, since the 35-105 and 65-200 
are one
>> touch zooms.
>>
>> Winsor Crosby
>> Long Beach, California, USA
>>
>>
>>
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