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Subject: [OM] Re: 35mm f2.8 Shift
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:20:00 +0000
Well, to further complicate matters, I have just now compared my 35 shift to my 
35/2, which I know to be multi-coated, if for no other reason, because it says 
"MC" on the lens ring.  The reflections are identical.

Walt

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I'm the one guilty of wondering if any were truly SC. The OM FAQ
> 
> http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/LensXCoatings.txt
> 
> seems to have limited data. None of the entries that specifically say shift 
> claim MC. The MC lenses listed among the shift lenses could be standard 
> 35/2.8 lenses. Of the 6 lenses reported that specify shift, two specify SC 
> while the remaining 4 don't specify anything Only 1 of the 6 lenses has that 
> high of a serial number. Iwert posted that a ser no > 110,000 is required to 
> be the latest. He also apparently had a lens mount that says only "Japan" 
> rather than "Lens Made in Japan".
> 
> Gary doesn't give the serial nos. of the two he tested.
> 
> I guess the yellow purple reflection is what people use to decide it is SC.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> 
> From: Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx>
> AG:
> Gary lens test cites an SC version, FWIW. Also on the Oly SLR FAQ, the
> "multicoating cross reference for Zuiko lenses" implies that the early
> ones were SC. If so, then the "X.zuiko" rule doesn't apply for these lenses.
> 
> I checked mine again, it's "Zuiko" only, and the colour is purple-yellow.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> AG Schnozz wrote:
>  >
>  > Well, SN 10088X is classic purple-yellow.
> 
> I wrote:
> 
>  >> Were any of them really SC? They are all black nosed labeled
>  >> simply Zuiko. The coating clearly changed presumably for the
>  >> better but none seem to fall into the early SC catergory.
> 
>
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