I think the 75-150 was the first OM System zoom (step up and say if I'm
wrong). It was still listed in the 85 profit planner, along with the 28-48,
35-70 3.6, 35-70 4, 35-105, 65-200, and 85-250.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: John A. Lind <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM Zuiko 75mm / 150mm f4 zoom
| At 21:54 7/13/00 , John Hudson inquired:
| >
| >I heard today from someone in the photo trade, whose opinions I have
| >never had reason to doubt in the past, that the 75mm / 150mm f4 zoom is
| >going, or has already gone, out of production. This was from an existing
| >Olympus dealer.
| >
| >Is anyone able to confirm or definitely refute what I was told?
|
| I've heard that rumor also along with discontinuing the M-1 and OM-10.
;-)
|
| Yes, it has been discontinued for some time. It was a "lower cost" zoom
| for entry level. Some of the marketing literature I had with my OM-10
| circa 1980 showed the body with the 50/1.8 SC, 28/3.5 SC, and 75-150 SC as
| a good beginning setup (all of which I bought new 20 years ago, but no
| longer have). Oly didn't have any zooms in production for a while. Only
| one Olympus OM zoom is in production, the very new 35-80/2.8; all the
| others went out of production at one time or another. The 75-210/4.5-5.6
| that is marketed under Oly's name is targeted for OM-2000 buyers and is
| supposedly a Cosina.
|
| -- John
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