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[OM] Re: Auto Tubes

Subject: [OM] Re: Auto Tubes
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:01:56 -0800
on 11/17/04 1:31 PM, John A. Lind at jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> In the E-mount, make that singular . . . there's only one, the EXT-25, and
> it's a very surprisingly long tube . . . 25mm . . . which is the longest of
> the three OM tubes for 35mm format.  "Street price" for it is about
> $130.  That's as surprisingly high as the tube is long considering how
> incredibly simple it is to make the exceptionally high precision optics
> required for extension tubes, particularly the light transmission which is
> effectively (for all practical purposes) 100%.
> 
> -- John Lind

Is this $130 E-1 extension tube multi-coated? For that cost I would hope the
optics are top notch...!
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...




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