Thanks for the correction, Moose. I think I have made the same mistake
before.
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Piers
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Moose
Sent: 06 April 2006 22:44
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: 100/2.8 spotted
Piers Hemy wrote:
> 7607139894 on the auction site, s/n is 1368xx, which looks to me to be
> close to AG's magic number.
>
Not close, much too high, according to AG's most recent informed posts on
the subject:
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"In case anybody is curious to know, mine is serial number 113xxx and I
believe the same lens design was used into the 118000's."
"There was a period of time where the 100/2.8 underwent a few subtle
changes. Also, during this same period of time Olympus altered the
lens-coating process and was introducing some additional layers. You will
not find a green reflection in this lens, but there are additional visible
colors not seen in the earlier ones. If I recall, and I'll have to google
the old posts to verify, the change occured somewhere around 109000. The
lenses in the 120000's are of a different design. Slightly improved in some
areas, but I don't think they've got quite the same 3D characteristics. The
MC/Blacknosed 100/2.8 lenses are more color neutral and slightly more
flat-fielded and sharper edge-to-edge. They also have a different
iris-blade design in a slightly altered position. The earliest 100/2.8
lenses had a very good center, but fell off in resolution near the edges.
They also flared like no tomorrow."
The look and feel of the images from the 100/2.8 in this series is quite
unique.
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Moose
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