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Re: [OM] Silver Noses / 16mm f/3.5 silvernose. Silver bottoms too.

Subject: Re: [OM] Silver Noses / 16mm f/3.5 silvernose. Silver bottoms too.
From: DBellamy2k@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:05:43 EDT
Tom Scales wrote:

<< Very nice. Personally, I like the Silvernose lenses.  Heck, I'm not good
 enough a photographer to worry about flare <g> and I think the problem is
 overrated. >>

The 16/3.5 is a mega-cute lens. I was just commenting that the silver nose is 
not right on the end of the nose, but a little way back from the end (about 
5mm), just in front of the aperture ring, and I guessed that with this lens 
it may have been put back a bit because of the protruding front element and 
the 180 degree angle of view, in case it caused stray reflections.

I wonder if Olympus abandoned silvernoses because of that possibility in 
general - I don't know. Or more likely it was considered an unnecessary cost, 
or just an arbitrary-ish change in cosmetic design.

Joh Lind wrote:
<< I've used them under a very wide range of lighting conditions and never 
noted any flare problem from the silver nose. >>

OK. I'll bow to your wider OM experience on this, John!

[Another digression: my 50/1.8s and 28/2.8 are differently constructed at the 
bayonet end, with a silver tail if you like (or bum). Most lenses have that 
slightly matt silver finish around the outside of the mounting ring, but on 
these two, the backmost part is a gleaming silver ring about 1mm thick.]

Dave Bellamy.
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