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Subject: [OM] Re: More on 35~105 variable aperture...
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 15:54:48 +0000
My 119275 has a dot, although I'd call it orange instead of brown.

Walt



> In reply to my query about the variable aperture on the 35~105, Piers replied:
> 
> <snip>
> Max aperture is f/3.5 at 35mm and f/4.5 at 105mm.  The little brown dot 
> beside the white dash is the aperture index at 105mm (and the dash is the 
> index at 35mm)Piers
> <Snip>
> 
> I cannot find said little brown dot on my 35~105 (S/N 504xxx)... which is 
> why I thought perhaps the 35~105 worked the same as the 35~70/3.5~4.5, i.e. 
> the variable aperture with focal length only applied when the aperture was 
> wide open, and it became a fixed aperture from f/5.6 to f/22.
> 
> So I'm still a little confused - are there multiple versions of the 35~105? 
> Dotted and dot-less??? Hummmmmm...
> 
> Curt
> 
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