:Is there any G.Zuiko lenses with multi-coated elements?
The F2 versions of the wide angles (starting with the 24mm, 28mm & 35mm -
the 21mm/F2 was released later) and the 18mm/F3.5 were designed as MC from
the very beginning but were still listed in the X.Zuiko format. Examples of
such early listings are OM-1 manuals, early Lens Group Manuals, and
Pangerl's The World Of OM Systems / Die Welt des OM Systems.
The first print of this book in German was released in 1975 but completed in
fall 1974 right after the Photokina where
the prototype of the OM-2 was shown - the book contains a picture of this
prototype and devoted two pages to it.
The lenses mentioned above are described as multicoated, but still listed as
X.Zuiko. The funny thing is that the book contains a group photo of most
lenses, and on the 24/2 and 35/2 the inscription can be deciphered. They are
labeled Zuiko MC.
This must mean these lenses were never put into production with the X.Zuiko
designation on the lens; maybe only the prototypes had it.
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