>
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 10:57:19PM +0200, David Irisarri Vila wrote:
> > Hey!!!
> > I think that my 180/2,8 should be even earlier.
> > My serial number is 113122 and it´s engraved the
> > following; OLYMPUS OM-SYSTEM ZUIKO MC AUTO-T 1:2,8
> > f=180mm 113122 Lens made in Japan
> >
> In the OM-prospectus "Die Cameras im OM-System" from about 1983 there
> is a picture which showes Zuiko MC 2.8/180 with serial No 110780.
> It is shown together with a #1642xx E.Zuiko 4/200; A ' 1699xx MC 2.8/135 and
> a #391714 Zuiko 3.5/135. All of them are black versions.
> On other pictuers you can se #100001 of the AF 4/35-70 which is labled as new.
> And the 3.5-4.5/35-105, also pretty new those days, has #100186.
>
> I´ve been thinking about to collect the serial Numbers from all photos, where
> the
> age is known. A table with this information might help to guess the age of a
> lens.
> But I concluded that there might be too much uncertanity because you don`t
> know weather the lens was really new when it was used for the shot.
> What is your opinion about?
>
> Frieder Faig
I've got 180/2.8 with number 1007** and it's a black nose. I've seen
pictures of silver noses, but they must not have made more than a few
hundred before they switched.
Paul
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