Olympus (and atleast Nikon) filters have been made by Hoya for atleast 25+
years.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: olympus-digest V2 #4414
> I recently bought a 55mm c-pol from OA. The picture showed a filter that
> said "55mm Circular Polarizer Japan" on it. The text stated:
> " Filter of choice to limit or eliminate reflections from non-metallic
> surfaces such as glass and water. Improves color saturation and contrast
> in bright light situations.
>
> With digital cameras the effect of the filter can be seen by using the
> LCD monitor.
>
> Olympus digital cameras C-700/720/730/740/750 Ultra-Zoom require the
> CLA-4 Lens Adapter Tube. All other C-series digital camera models
> (except the C-50 Zoom) require the CLA-1 Lens Adapter Tube and the
> Step-Up Ring 43-55mm. "
>
> The filter I received is clearly the same as the one pictured and in
> addition says "OLYMPUS America Inc." on the other side. Oly never made
> their own filters anyway and labeled all the old ones I have Olympus,
> not Zuiko. I got a rather nice looking Japanese made c-pol filter for
> $30, what's to complain? So not all OA filter sales are bad.
>
> Moose
>
> Jeff Keller wrote:
>
> >Bought some 55mm, 72mm and 100mm filters at good prices. 8^) Some of
the
> >fake leather cases were sticky but everything looked new - and was the
> >expected Olympus filters.
> >
> >-jeff
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Andrew Gullen" <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >>I'm also puzzled as everything else went fine. Has anyone else bought
> >>filters from them? Did you get "Zuiko"?
> >>
>
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