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How could they then tell to what distance they're focused?

I used to have two Ultrasonic lenses, the 17-40/4L and the 17-55/2.8. They both had distance scales which would move around as the lens focused.

My current Olympus lenses have a focus-by-wire manual mode, with a distance scale on the barrel. The camera also reports the focus distance in the EXIF. Are these just vague ballparks?

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