The 75-150 was Olys first zoom for OM bodies and came first in silver ring
then black. All other zooms , I believe, came in black ring versions only.
John
Stephen Worner wrote:
> I have contemplated the whole silver rims/black rims business before,
> usually when standing in front of a display case of pre-owned Zuikos.
> When did Oly change form silver rims to black rims? My 35-70 is black
> rimmed and my 75-150 is silver rimmed.
>
> Steve
>
> >>
> >Just when the doctor thought I could go off the Prozac...
> >
> >Recently I lamented about discovering that several of my prized lenses
> were
> >SC. It was such a distressing thing knowing that I had INFERIOR lenses
> (or
> >is it leneses) that I almost threw away 12,000 pictures. I didn't know
> if I
> >could go on or not. Well, after a healthy dose of laying on funny
> couches
> >and a chemical induced stuper I had been able to accept the fact that I
> was
> >duped into buying these awefull things, and that it wasn't my fault but
> that
> >of the "system". In fact, Ronald Reagan became a good scape goat for
> my
> >misplaced anger. That's right, Ronald Reagan's tax cuts allowed me to
> buy
> >more lenses which just happened to be SINGLE COATED!
> >
> >Now, just when it became safe to go into the water again...
> >
> >In a recent discussion we all learned that the silver-rimmed lenses are
> even
> >lower than low. I thought, I'm glad my SC lenses have black rims.
> They may
> >be inferior, but at least they aren't silver-rimmed.
> >
> >Yup, you guessed it. I unscrewed the lens hoods and filters and,...
> and...
> >and... I don't think I can go on here... "Hi my name Ken and I've
> got..."
> >...deep breath... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, IT CAN"T BE!!!!!!
> >
> >My beloved 100/2.8 and 24/2.8 are JUNK lenses. They have the infamous
> >silver-rim. But thankfully, my 35/shift is black rimmed. Whew.
> >
> >Before I tossed them into the trash, I mounted them on the cameras and
> had a
> >look at them. My OM-1 is a chrome body and the silver-rimmed lenses
> look
> >wonderful on it. They looked pretty decent on the black OM-2s, but the
> >black rimmed shift lens didn't look good on the OM-1. It's true,
> chrome
> >bodies need silver-rimmed lenses.
> >
> >Well, I'll keep my lenses, but will forever wonder how I've ever
> managed to
> >survive without black-rimmed MC lenses. Worse comes to worse, I'll
> trade
> >them in on Sigmas.
> >
> >Ken N.
> >
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