I wrote:
>>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.
C.H.Ling replies:
>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.
True, but these small differences are the RESULT of the need for a
different implementation of the close-focusing (macro) mode in the AF
lens. A closer examination of the two lenses and their specs clearly
reveals far more similarities than differences.
Cheers,
/Gary Schloss.
Studio City, CA
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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