> From: "Johann Thorsson" <johann@xxxxxxxx>
>
> I saw a Zuiko 300mm f/4.5 few days ago... What surprised me
> however was the front cap.
> It was a screw-on 72mm, all metal and black, and on the backside
> (or inside)
> it had "OLYMPUS" engraved. I have never seen such cap, does
> anyone know if
> this is an old original Zuiko or an aftermarked model?
My 300 came with such a cap. I've got it in a drawer somewhere,
having replaced it for practical reasons with a third-party plastic
cap with the typical squeeze-clamp.
My 600/6.5 also has such a cap -- at 100mm, it's massive!
:::: The unnecessary felling of a tree, perhaps the old growth of
centuries, seems to me a crime little short of murder. -- Thomas
Jefferson ::::
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