That is very interesting.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabio J. Flowerside" <flowerside@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:24 AM
Subject: [OM] - Another lens that never made it (and this time it was a
*REAL* pity!)
> Hi list,
>
> after the "ultra thin" 50mm f/2 (which eventually evolved in the 40mm
f/2),
> that I have mentioned in my previous message, surfing the web I came into
> this other never-ever produced Zuiko lens:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan/camera_technologies.html
>
> A 85mm f/1.4 GRIN lens, which was prototyped in 1989.
>
> GRIN stands for "GRadient INdex" that is, a special glass whose refraction
> index is not constant but varies from center to the edge.
>
> In an old photo magazine (dating back to 1984) it was claimed that by
> adopting gradient index glasses is possible to produce a 50mm lens with
> exceptional performance adopting just two (two!) lenses. The same
> improvements in compactness and performance, of course, should be applied
to
> any other focal lenght...
>
> It's a pity that wonderful Zuiko never made it...
> (now I'd like to know in which drawer that prototype is currently
collecting
> dust... *DROOL*)
>
> :'(
>
> Ciao
>
> Fabio
>
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