Skip-
I take it you mean OM lenses. The 50/1.4 for the Olympus FTL also had
radioactive glass.
Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
Skip Williams wrote:
> I've never heard that any lens except the 55/1.2 had the radioactive glass.
> This is definitely something new, if true. I'm skeptical.
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> Skip
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> Subject: [OM] An interesting item on *bay
> From: DACattani@xxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:06:38 EST
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
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>>I noticed this 24mm f2.0, item #3850125401, and the seller describes:
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>>"However, the lens has developed a yellowish cast to it due a thorium glass
>>element. (Reads about 100 counts per minute on my geiger counter. Not
>>dangerous, but interesting.) Serial number 100794."
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>>I didn't know that the 24mm f2.0 had some of the radioactive elements. New
>>data to me, and important since this is one that I [eventually] want to add
>>to
>>my collection. Anybody else have experience like this? The serial number is
>>very early, so maybe Zuiko moved away from this at some point?
>>
>>Dave
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