I believe the exceptions to this rule, the way it is shaping up, are the
"S" series as noted in the FAQ. The "S" series, as recently mentioned,
were the "consumer grade" among the Zuiko's. My 100-200 follows also,
ie black nose but no real sign of MC.
By the way, the "S" is quite different in that there are several
spaces between the "S" and Zuiko. On the earlier lens, I am somewhat of
an expert on these as almost all of mine are ;-), the letter, the
period, and the word Zuiko are tight with no spaces . According to the
present info on the FAQ the "S" line of lens include the 100-200f5, the
35-70f4, the 35-70f3.5-4.5, and the 28-48f4. Anybody else have a lens
with the "S" seperated from the word Zuiko by several spaces that isn't
among these four that we have listed ?
Rand E.
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>Bill_J._Rice_at_RLT012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> John, Giles, & Joel wrote:
>
> >>>>
> >According to Olympus USA, there is a very simple way to tell if a
> lens is MC. Look at the front ring on the lens and observe how the
> word ZUIKO is inscribed. F. ZUIKO, G. ZUIKO, H. ZUIKO, etc., is an SC
> lens. ZUIKO MC is an MC lens. The word ZUIKO by itself, with no
> preceeding letter or no suceeding MC is also an MC lens.
> >
> >Regards,
> >John Austin
> ><<<<
> >
> >Does anyone have a lens which breaks the above rule?
> >
> >Giles
> >
> >For me, the rule holds among my primes, but not among the zooms:
>
> >35-70/f3.5-4.5 1933xx MC says "S Zuiko" [i.e., no period] (black
> >ring) 75-150/f4 4628xx SC says "Zuiko" only (black ring) --> acc. to
> >John's method this lens *should* be MC, but I can't see any green, so
> >I have to call it SC.
> >Regards,
>
> >Joel<<<<<
>
>
>
>
> I have the same scenario with my 75-150/f4. It has a black nose and
> high serial number but the reflections are purple and cream. I
> haven't been able to find any brochures that verify this lens had a MC
> version.
>
> Gary Reese posted a 75-150/f4 MC (!) for sale a few days ago. Gary,
> can you help us out here? Did you really see green reflections or
> were they from the neon lights on the Las Vegas Strip? <g>
>
>
>
> Bill Rice
>
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