When I was in Tokyo in March, I picked up an Oly brochure titled "Lens
Group", printed in March, 1996.
The brochure is in A4 size and has four page. Basically it looks like a
sheet of paper double the A4 size, but folded. The inner pages (double A4
spread) show all the current Zuiko lenses as of the printing date. These
look like photographs of all the lenses in profile. Each has a short
despcription in Japanese.
The following lenses are only produced on demand:
18mm/3.5, 24mm/3.5 shift, 35mm/2.8 shift, 20mm/2 macro, 38mm/2.8 macro,
180mm/2, 250mm/2, 350mm/2.8, 400mm/6.3, 1000mm/11, 600mm/6.5
The ED glass is explicitly mentioned in the following lenses:
24mm/3.5 shift, 35-80mm/2.8, 100mm/2, 180mm/2, 250mm/2, 350mm/2.8
All the currently-produced lenses are MC.
On the last page of the brochure, a summary of lens specs is given along
with compatibility info on focusing screens including 2-x screens as well
as list prices.
I think in general the US lens prices are higher. For example the 24mm/3.5
shift has a list price of 178,000yen. This translates to $1369, which is
lower than the B&H price. If Yodobashi Camera has a uniform 25 0iscount
on Oly items, this would mean that their price woud be the equivalent of
US$1027 for the 24mm shift.
Tomoko Yamamoto
Photographer, Composer, Soprano
mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/
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