Gee, thanks, Dave. And I was just about half-resolved to having do without
one in August. <g>
I told the vendor what to look for re color of glass. I wasn't sure about
Zuiko's nomenclature, but I did tell him that in general H. Zuiko is
usually single coated whereas G. Zuiko as a rule indicated MC. Do I have
that wrong? I've never researched this stuff a whole lot. (Guess I ought
to, eh?)
Perhaps Jim's contact will come through for me. Though he did note there
are cleaning marks on the front element's face, which I don't like to hear.
And there's precious little time to test this now.
Tris
At 07:57 PM 7/24/01 -0400, you wrote:
Tris Schuler <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<< I asked the vendor whether it was multicoated or not. Haven't heard back
yet. I prefer to have my wide angles with MC as they're much more
susceptible to flare. We'll see how it works out. Problem is, because it
needs repair there's no way I can take it with me this year on vacation. Oh
well.
Tris >>
Ah, when I bought mine recently, the vendor said to me, "It isn't
multi-coated," but I'm pretty sure it is, according to the data on:
http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/misc/lensCoatings.txt
and my observations of the colour(s) and also the fact that it is a recent
lens with a fairly high serial number.
But it doesn't have "MC" written on it. It does say "21mm 1:3.5" instead of
the older "1:3.5 f=21mm" thing, and no X.Zuiko, just Zuiko.
The front element has a reddish reflection which goes to a gorgeous intense,
deep red towards the edges.
It's a gem - all your photos will come out very wide once you have it!
Dave Bellamy.
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