Hey Gary,
Thanks for the information , when I first heard the alleged numbers on the
350's I was somewhat skeptical, but then again, I haven't seen that many
350's and I travel quite a bit.
In a population of 250-million - 300-million, that's pretty rare, now
multiply that by the worlds population and it's even rarer.
Sam...
----- Original Message -----
From: <GFaulk7376@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Mmmmmm1 and 350's
> In a message dated 2/26/01 9:50:35 AM Central Standard Time,
> dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > Considering the fact that only 50-500 350 f2.8 lenses were produced,
makes
> > the 350 appear that much more rarer?
> >
> > I have heard that as little as 50 were made in the black version.
> >
> > Sam...
>
> Sam,
> I don't know how many black 350's were made, but as an initial data point,
> the one I owned was 100038 ( I may have the number of zeros wrong. I am
> sitting in a motel room as a write this). Before I bought the lens, I
called
> Oly and spoke to Pat MacFarland. Pat told me the number which I can't
> remember now. It wasn't many-50 or so. MacFarland also said to inspect
black
> 350's for front element coating problems. He said the coating on early
lenses
> occasionally flaked off. The one I bought was a user condition lens with
> small front element marks, but no flaking. The focus on that lens was
butter
> smooth and the build quality and feel despite high usage was impeccable.
> NEVER should have sold it. The white one I have now appears to be equally
> sharp with a little less smoothness in the focus ring. I shot a basketball
> game yesterday with it and am eager to get the proofs back.
> Gary Faulkenberry
>
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