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[OM] Re: focus and ? about lens filters

Subject: [OM] Re: focus and ? about lens filters
From: Marc Lawrence <montsnmags@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:49:32 +1000
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> I seem to remember reading somewhere that a couple of the super  
> dooper Canon lenses like the legendary 200/1.8 actually had a window  
> pane front element - in effect a built-in protection 'filter' (that  
> filtered nothing) in the assumption that many users would go in harms  
> way and it would be a lot cheaper to replace than some beautifully  
> curved piece of rare glass.
> Of course, I could be wrong as usual....

The Canon Camera Museum seems to confirm that...I think:

http://tinyurl.com/2gtcua

Cheers,
Marc
Noosa Heads, Oz

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