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Re: [OM] 250mm F2 aperture stops down slightly even wide open?

Subject: Re: [OM] 250mm F2 aperture stops down slightly even wide open?
From: Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 10:52:51 -0500 (CDT)
Original Messages:
>Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 08:32:03 -0400
>From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>I don't know, it may be a quirk of that lens.
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>John Hermanson  |   CPS, Inc.


>Dawid Loubser wrote:
>> So what you could be saying, is that the 250/2.0 is really a 250/1.8 for
>> focusing :-) Wow :-) Or it's really a 250/2.2...
>> 
>> But before we start making assumptions, I'd really like somebody in
>> the know to confirm, or somebody with another 250/2.0 to check
>> their lens' behavour.

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I've been away from this list for a while, but I guess I'm back just in time 
for this thread.  I checked my 250/2 and
at f/2 the diaphragm is completely open.  Pushing the lens button doesn't 
change anything unless I set the ring to
a smaller aperture.  Hope this helps.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
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