John,
I have a copy of "Manual for Zuiko Interchangeable Lens Group"
booklet published by Olympus (litho:February, 1979). In it,
the 75-150/f4.0 is the only zoom described.
Like someone else mentioned, this lens has not been in production
for some time.
Jim Terazawa
John Hermanson wrote:
>
> 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>
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> 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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