I find it very interesting that the silver nose says "MC" and the black
nose doesn't. It must be later production when MC was removed from MC
lenses.
This is from the MC lens survey in 1999. Four 35/2s reported
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Focal Aperture S/N Chrome/ Coating MarkedMC? Lens Name
Length Black
35 2 106800 Chrome MC Yes Zuiko MC
35 2 132780 Black MC Yes Zuiko MC
35 2 141564 Black MC Yes Zuiko MC
35 2 156200 Black MC No Zuiko
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Chuck Norcutt
On 4/15/2013 5:50 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 4/15/2013 6:16 AM, Colin Sharp wrote:
>> Have two here, John, details as follows:
>> Silver nose, ser. no. 111882, inscribed "Zuiko MC Auto-W Japan"
>> Black version, ser. no. 154735, inscribed "Zuiko Auto-W made in Japan"
>
> My black nose is the same as Colin's black nose.
> "OLYMPUS OM-SYSTEM ZUIKO AUTO-W 35mm 1:2 1522xx made in Japan"
>
> Smudged Nose Moose
>
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