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It sounds strange to me but a freind phoned me about this new lens he bought, says it has azoom on each side of the lens. is there suchb a lens.

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Bill 1097
 
the only one in existance is the one he bought
 
perhaps the second "zoom" is focus adjustment.
 
Bill1097 said:
It sounds strange to me but a freind phoned me about this new lens he bought, says it has a zoom on each side of the lens. is there such a lens.
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It does sound strange. I'd call him back and get more detailed info.
 
I have heard of lenses that have two (or more?) focal length settings but don't zoom. Can't remember who makes (made) them. Perhaps some ancient rangefinder film camera.
 
Ross Becker said:
I seem to recall that either Leica or Zeiss had a lens that had 3 specific focal lengths. It was not a zoom.
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I originally was going to write Leica but not being sure I changed my wording. I think it was a Leica. Many older Canon rangefinder cameras were similar to Leica's. Perhaps one had this design as well.
 
One wonders what planet your friend phoned from... :-)

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Bill1097 said:
It sounds strange to me but a freind phoned me about this new lens he bought, says it has azoom on each side of the lens. is there suchb a lens.

Thanks

Bill 1097
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As someone mentioned, there are macro lenses with one control for closeups and another for "normal" to infinity.

But I do not think these are current models.
 
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