On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Hans van Veluwen wrote:
|John H. wrote:
|
|:But, Zuiko wide angles are marked "Auto -W" , telephotos "Auto-T". Could
|:"Auto-S" just mean "standard"?
|
|Standard it is in Auto-S; but they were talking about the S in the S Zuiko
Zooms
|(28-48/4, 35-70/4, 35-70/3.5-4.5, 35-70/3.5-4.8, 70-210/4.5-5.6 and 100-200/5).
|Even the OM System Lens Handbook does not reveal the meaning of the S. It is
|named only once, on the page that describes both the F3.6 and F4 version of the
|35-70: "The F4 is one of the S series zooms, offering exceptional cost
|performance". My vote is that the S stands for Special, indicating Special
|Series Zoom lenses, targeted at the consumer (amateur) market.
This reply is probably too late; however, both 35-70 zooms are
examples of what are commonly referred to as STANDARD zooms.
Similarly, the 80-200, 70-210 zooms are telephoto zooms, and the
20-35, 18-35 variety are wide angle zooms. Therefore the Zuiko
designations of Auto-S, Auto-T, and Auto-W can apply to zooms as
well.
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