I'm putting it on my site, linked from the Service Information page. Note
that in many (possibly all) cases, a black edged filter ring will simply not
fit an SC lens
that had a silver edged filter ring.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Heide Clausen" <omlist@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] MC vs SC
> 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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