Yes, it doesn't look like a prototype but if it really has over 2000pcs made
it is a shame that non of us have seen this lens personally.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On Tue, 3 May 2005 iwert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> This seems genuine enough. What is strange is the serial, prototypes are
>> normally in the 1000XX range, not like this one, in the 102XXX range. So
>> maybe a whole batch of say 2000 was made, but never sold. A few left the
>> package before destruction?
>
> It doesn't look like a prototype in the true sense of the word. This
> looks
> more like a production version, the serial number is very high and it has
> the
> plant/date code stamped on the mount. Since this lens did appear in some
> of
> the Olympus brochures, I suspect the lens was actually marketed and then
> killed
> very early on. It's still a rare lense, but hardly a prototype.
> -mark
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