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RE: [OM] Different US and non-US versions of 50/3.5 Macro?!?

Subject: RE: [OM] Different US and non-US versions of 50/3.5 Macro?!?
From: "Harridge, Wayne" <Wayne.Harridge@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 21:54:26 +0800
Olaf wrote:

> As you may have gathered, last week I received the 50/3.5 Macro and I
> noticed something peculiar about it. The distance scale on 
> this lens is in
> feet only, whereas the one on Hans' e-sif page has the 
> distance indicated in
> meters.
> 
> Not a spectacular find, maybe, but still I thought it was interesting,
> especially since mine is one of the MC marked versions, in 
> other words, it's
> not just an old concept lens or something like that.
> 
> Does anyone know what the story is behind these US (?) 
> versions of this
> Zuiko? Also, are there more Zuiks that have the same thing 
> occurring to them
> (i.e. different distance scales, but otherwise identical)?
> 

Interesting, mine is in meters & repro ratio (down to 1:2).  Mine was
purchased in Australia.

Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/ 

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