Yeah, sorry, I misread that part.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: John A. Prosper <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] 28-85 zoom lens for olympus
> On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Hans van Veluwen wrote:
>
> |John H. wrote:
> |
> |:But, Zuiko wide angles are marked "Auto -W" , telephotos "Auto-T".
Could
> |:"Auto-S" just mean "standard"?
> |
> |Standard it is in Auto-S; but they were talking about the S in the S
Zuiko Zooms
> |(28-48/4, 35-70/4, 35-70/3.5-4.5, 35-70/3.5-4.8, 70-210/4.5-5.6 and
100-200/5).
> |Even the OM System Lens Handbook does not reveal the meaning of the S. It
is
> |named only once, on the page that describes both the F3.6 and F4 version
of the
> |35-70: "The F4 is one of the S series zooms, offering exceptional cost
> |performance". My vote is that the S stands for Special, indicating
Special
> |Series Zoom lenses, targeted at the consumer (amateur) market.
>
> This reply is probably too late; however, both 35-70 zooms are
> examples of what are commonly referred to as STANDARD zooms.
> Similarly, the 80-200, 70-210 zooms are telephoto zooms, and the
> 20-35, 18-35 variety are wide angle zooms. Therefore the Zuiko
> designations of Auto-S, Auto-T, and Auto-W can apply to zooms as
> well.
>
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