Hans Veluwen for one thinks the 40/2 started out as a 50/2:
"The Zuiko Lenses That Never Made It
--snip--
And finally it is worth mentioning that the 40mm/F2 pancake lens was
originally designed as a 50mm/F2 lens, with almost the same size and weight,
but a longer minimum focus distance. "
http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~rwesson/esif/om-sif/lensgroup/zuiko_prototypes.ht
m
Piers
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Richard F. Man
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 5:13 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] - A lens that never made it...
At 01:13 PM 1/27/2003 +0100, Fabio J. Flowerside wrote:
>Hi list,
>
>while reading the 1976 Maitani's transcripted interview at:
>http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan/om_interview_3.html I saw
>mentioned this "ultra thin 50mm F2 standard lens" which was (at that
>time) about to be produced one year later.
>
>There's a picture of this lens and it reminds very much the (in)famous
>40mm f/2, with its frontal aperture ring and characteristic size... ...
I made a similar observation a few months ago. No one responded then
though, so I guess only Maitani-san would know for sure :-)
// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
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