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Re: [OM] 6 element 85mm f/2.8 [was: 100/2 zuiko]

Subject: Re: [OM] 6 element 85mm f/2.8 [was: 100/2 zuiko]
From: Bill_J._Rice_at_RLT012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 07:55:22 -0600
Gary writes:

>It went from 6 to 5 elements in January 1979.  There was a 5 year 
>production run on the former design, which was a rather odd looking 
>optical formula (as per the diagram in the "The Olympus OM Way").  I have 
>no idea re: the serial numbers.  


Hi Gary,

Was there also a difference in the weight of the two versions?  Given that 
one element was deleted, this would be an easy way of identifying what 
version one would have.

Bill Rice  



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