>"Some list members wondered about the few S Zuikos and why they are
>called in this way. My thesis is, that these lenses were the first in
>the Zuiko line which used plastique."
>
>
><ahem> "Plastic" and "plastique" are not the same thing. "Plastique" is
>the French word for plastic explosive.
>
>I've heard of products that are deliberately designed to
>"self-destruct," but this is ridiculous! <grin>
Oh, that's ridiculous indeed. I thought that plastique is used as a
substantive and plastic as an adjective.
Matthias
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