>
>So, it's quite possible that Kyocera made the lens for Olympus, or maybe
>Olympus designed the lens, someone else (Tokina?) manufactured it, and
>Kyocera licensed the design from Olympus. Interestingly, both Olympus
>and Yashica had AF systems that flopped, and both AF systems included
>35-105mm zooms essentially identical to their non-AF counterparts.
>Another intriguing point is the relatively high new price of the
>Olympus 35-105 zooms (both MF and AF).
>
>Cheers,
>
>/Gary Schloss.
>Studio City, CA
>schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Olympus AF 35-105 is a 14 elements 13 groups design while the Zuiko
35-105 is a 16-12 design, they also have different close focus mode.
C.H.Ling
Accura Digital Imaging
http://www.glink.net.hk/~chling
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