On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:35:51 -0400
Pschings@xxxxxxx wrote:
> With all the discussion about what lenses are MC vs SC, I thought
> I'd try to summarize a little.
>
> FIrst off, general rules. All of these assume there hasn't been a
> front ring change due to a repair, in which case all bets are off.
>
> 1. Lenses marked "MC" are MC. Obviously.
> 2. Lenses marked "F. Zuiko" (or G. or H...)are single coated. Don't
> confuse this with lenses marked S Zuiko (no period after the S),
> which are "budget" or "consumer" lenses. Actually I'm pretty sure
> all of the S Zuikos are MC because they are all later designs 3.
> Lenses marked just "Zuiko" with no leading character are MC. I
> think this is a pretty reliable indicator, since even the earliest
> fast wides dropped the leading "F." (or "G." or "H."). For example,
> my low serial number 24/2 (silvernose) is marked as such. 4. Lenses
> I believe were never MC: 28/3.5, 55/1.2, 135/3.5 I thought the
> 75-150/4 was never MC, but I'm not so sure after Lee's recent post.
> 5. Lenses I believe were always MC: 21/2, 24/2, 28/2, 28/2.8,
> 50/1.2, 50/2, 90/2, 100/2, 180/2.8, 250/2, 250/2, 28-48/4,
> 35-70/3.6, 35-70/4, 35-70/4AF, 35-70/3.5-4.5, 35-70/3.5-4.8,
> 35-80/2.8, 35-105/3.5-4.5, 50-250/5, 65-200/4, 70-210/4.5-5.6,
> 85-250/5, 100-200/5, 20/2 macro, 38/2.8 macro, 135/4.5 macro 6.
> I've never seen a Zuiko that had green reflections and definitely
> wasn't MC. I've also never seen a Zuiko that didn't have green
> reflections and was MC. Admittedly there are people out there that
> have seen a lot more Zuikos than I have.
>
> If anyone has a lens that seems to violate these rules I'd be
> interested in knowing about it.
>
> Paul Schings
Paul,
Did you, or anyone else, slap this on a WWW-site somewhere? That
compillation is a keeper :)
--thomas
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