Weren't some of the original lenses ported across from the FTL and even the
Pen-F ranges?
Incidently, I just heard from a guy in the UK who has a 35mm FTL screw
mount for sale if anyone's interested.
Andrew F
>OK, I stand corrected. I thought that the 100-200/5 specifically was made
>by Cosina. I didn't mean to imply that all the S lenses were Cosina-made.
>
>But the 75-150/4 wasn't an S lens, at least not so-badged in its initial
>incarnation. It was available in the original OM line from 1973, and the S
>lenses weren't introduced until much later.
>
>Skip
>
>
>>From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: RE: [OM] 100/2 vs. 85/2 in sharpness
>>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:54:52 +0000
>>
>>At 17:02 7/12/01, you wrote:
>>>They usually sell for $60-80 on Ebay. Does that say something?
>>>
>>>Remember, this is an OM-System "S" lens, made by Cosina for Olympus to
>>>rebadge.
>>>
>>>Skip
>>
>>I don't believe the "S" lenses were made by Cosina. The Cosina lenses are
>>the ones made specifically with the introduction of the OM-2000 (also by
>>Cosina) such as the 70-210 and 35-70/3.5~4.8 lenses. The "S" lenses were
>>an economy line of Zuiko's which included the 28/3.5 and 75-150/4 lenses,
>>which are definitely Zuiko's made by Olympus.
>>
>>BTW, *please* do not confuse the "S" line of lenses with the "Auto-S"
>>marking on the 50mm and 55mm lenses!!! The "Auto-S" mark means it is a
>>standard focal length. (The wide angles are marked "Auto-W" and the teles
>>are marked "Auto-T.")
>>
>>-- John
>>
>>-- John
>>
>>
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