In fact, it's not even the West German Carl Zeiss that did it. The
_East_German_ "Carl Zeiss Jena" is the one that created the lens line you
speak of.
At 15:16 10/21/00 , you wrote:
>That's because it's not *really* part of the OM line. Like the OM-2000 it is
>made by Cosina under Olympus license. God only knows why Oly prostituted
>itself to Cosina like that... It's almost as shameful as when the Zeiss name
>was used on OM-mount glass... sorry to burst a few bubbles, but it's NOT
>real carl zeiss. It's 1000ure unadulterated crap.
>
>Pure Zuiko all the way... with the exception of the AF/PF Olympus lenses
>which were produced for the OM707/101/88/77 cameras. They aren'y true
>zuiko's either, but they are Olympus glass and quite nice on those bodies.
>
>Just MHO,
>-Mike
>
>completely shoddy 35-70/3.5-4.8 lens that came with that
>>body. While I've got other stuff that doesn't get used as much as I thought
>>I'd use it, that one lens stands alone as the only piece of OM gear that
>>SHOULDN'T ever be used. That lens should've never been marketed by Olympus
>>because it gives newcomers a totally false idea about what OM gear is
>>about. It has got to be the single worst thing ever under the whole OM
>>line.
>
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