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From: Steven Read/CAM/Lotus @ NOTES@ALPHABETA
Date: 07/16/99 09:35:23 PM
It's almost certainly multicoated and probably has a description like "OLYMPUS
OM-SYSTEM ZUIKO AUTO-T 200mm 1:4 260***". Your 260*** fits in nicely with the
change from explicitly labeled MC to assumed MC as below.
200 4 117945 Chrome SC No E.ZUIKO AUTO-T 1:4 f=200mm sn Japan
200 4 163969 Chrome SC No E.ZUIKO AUTO-T 1:4 f=200mm sn Japan
200 4 183100 Black MC Yes ZUIKO MC AUTO-T 1:4 f=200mm sn Japan
200 4 220600 Black MC Yes ZUIKO MC AUTO-T 1:4 f=200mm sn Japan
200 4 260554 Black MC No ZUIKO AUTO-T 200mm 1:4 sn
200 4 293050 Black MC No ZUIKO AUTO-T 200mm 1:4 sn
As to opinion's purely subjectively I like my 200/5 better than my 200/4 but end
up never carrying either 'cause I like the 180/2.8 and the 300/4.5 a lot, tend
to carry those and thus always leave the 200's out of the bag. Of course my
200's are SC YMMV ;-)
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From: Doug Cooper <visigoth@xxxxxxxxxxx> @ ALPHABETA
Hi all! Just traded an old N*kk*r 105/2.5 for a near mint Zuiko 200/4. I
*think* I see a hint of green in the coating, but it doesn't say MC.
(Serial number 260*** -- anyone know if this is multi-coated?)
I'm wondering what the consensus is regarding this lens, or whether there
even is one. The tests seem all over the map. Some seem to think it's a
great lens, even hand-held; Mr. Reese seems to have decided you have to
nail it down to a support to really get decent results. (Although the new
test results are pretty impressive, it seems; holds its own with the
180, at some apertures.)
And what about the 2xA converter? Someone in the archives suggested you
could *hand-hold* it with the converter attached! That would be
something: a 400mm lens that didn't require a tripod...
In short, I'm wondering what I've bought.
cheers,
Doug
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