Hello Frieder
Thanks for your observations. Some of your conclusions about age of designs
seem wrong, according to my information.
The OM System Lens Book from 1984 includes the 35-105 zoom and the 28-48
zoom, these are not nineties designs.
The book does not include the 50/2, 90/2 and the 180/2, but the 100/2,
250/2 and 350/2.8.
The 35-70/3.5-4.5 is not included, neither is the 50-250 zoom.
I think the only lens Olympus has made in the nineties is the 35-80/2.8
zoom.
Lars
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> Fra: frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Til: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Emne: Re: [OM] Zuiko 28mm/f2.0: Shades & Coatings
> Dato: 13. juni 2000 15:39
>
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 11:59:56PM +0000, John A. Lind wrote:
>
> >
> > Of related interest I dredged out a lens brochure circa 1980 that came
with
> > the OM-10 I bought:
> >
> > Brochure C65E-380D:
> I`m collecting informations like this, to figger out, how the zuik`s
changed over the time.
> I have two brocures on from 5/1978 the other from 5/1982.
>
> Lens overview from Brocure from 5/1978 (IEMZLG 0578 30MT):
> ----------------------------------
> Type Lens MC? *
> ----------------------------------
> Fisheye 8mm f/2.8
> 16mm f/3.5
> ----------------------------------
> Super Wide 18mm f/3.5 Y
> Angle --------
> 21mm f/3.5
> 24mm f/2 Y
> 24mm f/2.8
> ----------------------------------
> Wide Angle 28mm f/2 Y
> 28mm f/3.5
> 35mm f/2 Y
> 35mm f/2.8
> 35mm f/2.8 Shift
> ----------------------------------
> Standard 55mm f/1.2
> 50mm f/1.4
> 50mm f/1.8 (old 6-5 version)
> 50mm f/3.5 Macro Y
> ----------------------------------
> Zoom -----
> 75-150mm f/4
> -----
> ----------------------------------
> Telephoto 85mm f/2 ( old 6-4 version)
> 100mm f/2.8
> 135mm f/2.8 Y
> 135mm f/3.5
> -----
> 200mm f/4 Y
> 200mm f/5
> ----------------------------------
> Super 300mm f/4.5
> Telephoto 400mm f/6.3
> 600mm f/6.5
> 1000mm f/11
> ----------------------------------
> Bellows 20mm f/3.5
> Macro 38mm f/3.5
> 80mm f/4 (old version)
> ----------------------------------
>
>
> > Your Brocure from 3/1980:
> > ----------------------------------
> > Type Lens MC? *
> > ----------------------------------
> > Fisheye 8mm f/2.8
> > 16mm f/3.5
> > ----------------------------------
> > Super Wide 18mm f/3.5 Y
> > Angle 21mm f/2 Y
> > 21mm f/3.5
> > 24mm f/2 Y
> > 24mm f/2.8
> > ----------------------------------
> > Wide Angle 28mm f/2 Y
> > 28mm f/3.5
> > 35mm f/2 Y
> > 35mm f/2.8
> > 35mm f/2.8 Shift
> > ----------------------------------
> > Standard 55mm f/1.2
> > 50mm f/1.4 Y
> > 50mm f/1.8
> > 50mm f/3.5 Macro Y
> > ----------------------------------
> > Zoom 35- 70mm f/3.6 Y
> > 75-150mm f/4
> > 85-250mm f/5 Y
> > ----------------------------------
> > Telephoto 85mm f/2 Y
> > 100mm f/2.8
> > 135mm f/2.8 Y
> > 135mm f/3.5
> > 180mm f/2.8 Y
> > 200mm f/4 Y
> > 200mm f/5
> > ----------------------------------
> > Super 300mm f/4.5
> > Telephoto 400mm f/6.3 Y
> > 600mm f/6.5 Y
> > 1000mm f/11 Y
> > ----------------------------------
> > Bellows 20mm f/3.5 Y
> > Macro 38mm f/3.5 Y
> > 80mm f/4 Y
> > ----------------------------------
>
> Lens overview Brocure from 5/1982 (IEMZLG 0582.25 MT) :
> ----------------------------------
> Type Lens MC? *
> ----------------------------------
> Fisheye 8mm f/2.8
> 16mm f/3.5 Y
> ----------------------------------
> Super Wide 18mm f/3.5 Y
> Angle 21mm f/2 Y
> 21mm f/3.5 Y
> 24mm f/2 Y
> 24mm f/2.8 Y
> ----------------------------------
> Wide Angle 28mm f/2 Y
> 28mm f/2.8! Y
> 35mm f/2 Y
> 35mm f/2.8 Y
> 35mm f/2.8 Shift
> ----------------------------------
> Standard 55mm f/1.2
> 50mm f/1.4 Y
> 50mm f/1.8 Y (old 6-5 design)
> 50mm f/3.5 Macro Y
> ----------------------------------
> Zoom 35- 70mm f/3.6 Y
> Zoom 35- 70mm f/4 Y
> 75-150mm f/4
> 85-250mm f/5 Y
> ----------------------------------
> Telephoto 85mm f/2 Y (new 5-4 design)
> 100mm f/2.8 Y
> 135mm f/2.8 Y
> 135mm f/3.5
> 180mm f/2.8 Y
> 200mm f/4 Y
> 200mm f/5 Y
> ----------------------------------
> Super 300mm f/4.5 Y
> Telephoto 400mm f/6.3 Y
> 600mm f/6.5 Y
> 1000mm f/11 Y
> ----------------------------------
> Bellows 20mm f/3.5 Y
> Macro 38mm f/3.5 Y
> 80mm f/4 Y (new design)
> 135mm f/4.5 Y
> ----------------------------------
> Telekonverter 2xA
> ----------------------------------
>
> > * Most of the faster lenses listed above eventually became MC lenses.
If
> > your lens is an "MC" and it doesn't show a "Y" in the table, it's
because
> > it wasn't an "MC" in 1980 and you have a later version of the lens. If
> > your lens isn't an "MC" but the table shows a "Y" for it, then you have
an
> > earlier version of the lens.
>
> Yes, but as soon as all lenses got MC, the later MC versions were`nt
marked any-more.
> MC was regarded as standart. When has this change happend?
> >
> > Notably missing in 1980 leading me to conclude they are newer designs:
> > 24mm f/3.5 Shift -> late 1984
> > 28mm f/2.8 -> early 1981
> > 28-48 f/4 Zoom -> middle 1992
> > 35-70 f/3.6, -> middle 1978
> > 35-70 f/4, -> early 1981
> 35-70 f/3.5~4.5, -> 84-85 ?
> 35-70 f/3.5~4.8 Zooms ----> 199?
> > 35-80 f/2.8 -> 1994 PHOTOKINA with OM3 Ti
> > 35-105 f/3.5~4.5 Zoom -> beginning of 1993
> > All zooms with a long end above 150mm
> 4/65-200 -> End 1984
> 5/85-250 -> mid 1978
> 5/100-200 -> mid 1982
> > 40mm f/2 -> End of 1983
> > 50mm f/1.2 -> End of 1982
> > 50mm f/2 Macro -> End of 1984
> > 90mm f/2 Macro -> ?? 1996
> > 100mm f/2 -> announced 1975, realised1984 :-)
> > 135mm f/4.5 Bellows Macro -> 1980 with the Auto-Macrotubus
> 4/80 1:1 Auto Macro, new design -> 1980
> > All of the faster Bellows Macro lenses -> mid 1983
> > All the super-speed, super telephoto lenses
> 180 f/2 -> mid 1985 ??
> 250 f/2 -> early 1985
> 350 f/2.8 ->end 1984
>
> 180 f/2.8 -> mid 1978
>
> > No mention is made of the 2X-A or 1.4X-A Teleconverters.
> 2xA -> early 1981
> 1.4xA -> end 1984 ?
>
> > Extension tubes may have existed then but are not in the brochure.
> Yes, and they changed from non-auto to auto.
>
> This are the results of my obervations. Comment, correction and
adittion`s are welcome.
>
> Frieder Faig
> >
> > -- John
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