Let?s see, now. I guess Sinar sent sharp-eyed folks to the Zuiko plant
(maybe even the one in Wyoming) to individually test run-of-the mill
35-80/2.8 Zuikos, and if they found one good enough, they said, "Hey, we
want this one. Take it apart and put it in one of those specially-made,
custom lens barrels with our name on it."
Naw, I don't think so. Betcha dollars to doughnut holes they simply
contracted for X number of lenses and took what they got. This sounds
exactly like the old story that Zeiss and Schneider lenses in shutters with
the Linhof name were cherry-picked and the cream of the crop. They
weren't, and I doubt these Zuikos are either.
I could be wrong. Wouldn't be a first.
Walt
>Better than Zuiko spec.
>I too have one of these lenses that were OEM'd to Sinar
>They were used on the Sinarcam digital front ends that
>Sinar makes for use with the professional (studio only)
>Leaf and Sinar backs. Apparently Sinar cherry picked the
>35-80 Oly zooms that met their tough specs. If you want
>quality, go buy it cause this one will be the cream of
>the crop. As you say the only difference between this one
>and ones sold as Olympus is that it says "Sinaron digital
>zoom" on the front, and it surely meets Sinar's high lens
>spec's.
>
>Rick
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