I thought the 'E' meant 5 element.....
-Mickey
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From: "dreammoose" <dreammoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 4:52 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) Zuiko 35/2 coating
> People are forever getting confused, thinking that silver nose is
> synonymous with SC. It happens that the styling change occurred in
> roughly the same time frame as the conversions to MC, but only roughly.
> All the 'fast wides' were MC from their introduction. It is not uncommon
> to find MC examples of many lens models with silver noses. It is less
> common, but possible, to find SC lenses with black noses (esp. this many
> years later, after various repairs).
> For the vast majority of regular purpose, fixed focal length lenses, the
> reliable indicator is the letter followed by a dot preceeding the name
> Zuiko on the front of the lens. An 'E.ZUIKO' is SC no matter the color
> of the front edge of the front ring. Early MC lenses had the MC marking,
> but it was later dropped when it was clear that all lenses were MC.
>
> Check out the eSIF for more.
>
> Moose
>
> Brian Swale wrote:
>
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >Now here's an anomaly.
> >
> >A Zuiko 35/2 that's clearly marked MC, yet to my eyes the picture shows a
> >silver front ring !!
> >
>
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