Re: [OM] THE GRAIL! (Wuz "Vivitar 285 flash for Oly 75-150mm lens...)

[Lex Jenkins]

The absence of a leading or trailing letter on either side of "Zuiko" isn't 
a reliable indicator of whether a lens is single- or multi-coated.  At some 
point Olympus simply discontinued that method of designation.  I'm not 
enough of a Zuikologist to know anything more.
Lex
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> From: John Hudson <xyyc@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] THE GRAIL! (Wuz "Vivitar 285 flash for Oly 75-150mm 
> lens...)
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:16:19 -0700
>
> Lex Jenkins wrote:
> >
> > Yikes!  The Holy Grail of Zuikos!  A multi-coated 75-150/4.  Stop the
> > presses, call out the National Guard, frizzen the mizzenmast, hoist my
> > petard!
> >
> > How much did they want?
>
> I will double check tomorrow or Tuesday and let you know. I am 99.9%
> certain that there was no leading or trailing letter on the "Zuiko".
> Does your 75/150 have a leading or trailing letter and if so which
> letter?
>
> jh
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