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Re: [OM] SC & MC versions of the same lens

Subject: Re: [OM] SC & MC versions of the same lens
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:14:58 -0500 (EST)
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, John Hudson wrote: 

|Here's a question ........
|
|An OM owner has both SC and MC versions of the Zuiko 50 / 1.8 and 100 / 2.8 
|lenses.  He wants to use all four lenses to their maximum advantage as far 
|as recognizing the particular characteristics of SC and MC is concerned.
|
|What sort of photographic / lighting / atmospheric situations could present 
|themselves which should prompt the use of the SC version over the MC 
|version or vice versa such that the final photograph, whether print or 
|slide, is superior to that had the other coating option been chosen?

Using an SC over an MC?  The only advantage I could think of is
someone who wants to use flare creatively in a composition.  I'm not
kidding here: there are photographers who do this, although it is
usually a last resort if one CANNOT get rid of flare without radically
altering the composition.


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