Well, to further complicate matters, I have just now compared my 35 shift to my
35/2, which I know to be multi-coated, if for no other reason, because it says
"MC" on the lens ring. The reflections are identical.
Walt
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'm the one guilty of wondering if any were truly SC. The OM FAQ
>
> http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/LensXCoatings.txt
>
> seems to have limited data. None of the entries that specifically say shift
> claim MC. The MC lenses listed among the shift lenses could be standard
> 35/2.8 lenses. Of the 6 lenses reported that specify shift, two specify SC
> while the remaining 4 don't specify anything Only 1 of the 6 lenses has that
> high of a serial number. Iwert posted that a ser no > 110,000 is required to
> be the latest. He also apparently had a lens mount that says only "Japan"
> rather than "Lens Made in Japan".
>
> Gary doesn't give the serial nos. of the two he tested.
>
> I guess the yellow purple reflection is what people use to decide it is SC.
>
> -jeff
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
>
> From: Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx>
> AG:
> Gary lens test cites an SC version, FWIW. Also on the Oly SLR FAQ, the
> "multicoating cross reference for Zuiko lenses" implies that the early
> ones were SC. If so, then the "X.zuiko" rule doesn't apply for these lenses.
>
> I checked mine again, it's "Zuiko" only, and the colour is purple-yellow.
>
> Martin
>
>
> AG Schnozz wrote:
> >
> > Well, SN 10088X is classic purple-yellow.
>
> I wrote:
>
> >> Were any of them really SC? They are all black nosed labeled
> >> simply Zuiko. The coating clearly changed presumably for the
> >> better but none seem to fall into the early SC catergory.
>
>
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