I am considering purchasing a Zuiko 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom lens. It is
marked "S ZUIKO." It was my understanding that when a letter preceded the
word Zuiko, it meant the lens was single coated. However, when I checked on
the two multicoating reference pages
(http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/mc-sc.survey and
http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/multicoat.txt), this
marking for this lens is identified as MC. According to these pages, all of
these lenses were MC. So, I have two questions.
1) How can I tell if it is MC? I suppose I could get it and try to look at
the lens reflection for the color, but frankly I have a difficult time
discerning whether a lens is MC in that manner. Also, I'd rather not go
through the hassle.
2) Does it matter?
Any information would be appreciated.
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Chris Gengaro
cpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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