Yep. There's obviously some things to figure out regarding the MC
designation. The one I referenced earlier *does* say MC on the front ring,
BTW.
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Scott Gomez
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Kolber [mailto:bkolber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 11:57
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] 50f/1.4 breakpoint
Agreed.....always liked the one I have (MC with "rose" color
coating)....seems to be one of the lenses in the middle group and as near
as I can tell there are lenses just like it from <1,000,000 to somewhere
about 1,050,000 at which point the lense changed to "green" coating (still
designated MC on bezel) and sometime after that the MC was dropped from the
designation.
Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL 33715
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Roberts" <croberts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] 50f/1.4 breakpoint
> Say fellas...
>
> Rather than looking at our dusty single-coated or
> semi-demi-hemi-multi-coated Zuikos as being simply older and inferior, we
> need to take a tip from my bretheren in the Leica Users Group.
>
> I, for instance, have THE one and only Zuiko 50mm f1.4 serial #205108 (I'm
> not afraid to spell out my whole number -- but, of course, it's short).
> There ain't no doubt about its coating. It's single and it's yellow and
you
> can see the cataract coloration through the viewfinder. Even though it's
> pristine, if the moon's out, it'll flare.
>
> But, hey! If you owned an ancient Leitz lens with similar
characteristics,
> you'd boast that your lens had that elusive and ethereal "Leica look" and
> actually bemoan the fact that lenses like that are obsolete. Similarly,
we
> could brag about the magical "Zuiko sweetness" of our older glass. If we
> did this often enough and long enough...and managed not to laugh out
> loud...we could probably drive up the prices of these ancient artifacts to
> ridiculously high levels on ebay. "MUST LOOK! Extremely rare, six-digit
> serial number Zuiko lens with coveted amber coating. They don't make them
> like this any more! A must for collectors! Bid now and often -- don't
let
> this one pass you by!"
>
> Craig
> yellowing with age in
> Boston.
>
>
>
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