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Subject: [OM] Re: 500/8 Zuiko
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:56:11 -0800
> From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
>
> I tend to use the old term, "CAT," which stands for something I  
> don't even remember anymore.

Catadioptric, adjective: denoting an optical system that involves  
both the reflecting and refracting of light, in order to reduce  
aberration.

> I guess "mirror lens" is more appropriate nowadays.

I prefer what the Zuiko 500/8 says on the barrel: "Reflex".


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