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[OM] Re: [OM] 135/3.5 ¿ MC-SC ?

Subject: [OM] Re: [OM] 135/3.5 ¿ MC-SC ?
From: johnsonpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:23:44 -0500
>I have three lenses:
>     E.Zuiko 135 f 3.5 silver rim.
>     E.Zuiko 135 f 3.5 black rim
>     "Zuiko" 135 f 3.5 Black.
>I guess all three lenses are single coated.
>Ángel Lobo.

>>I think that the third one is probably multi-coated.  Olympus dropped
>>the letter designation for the number of lens elements and added MC
>>to the lens ring legend when they began multi-coating. Later they
>>dropped the MC designation after they whole system was multi-coated

I don't want to start a fight, but I think Ángel may be correct.  I have
a Zuiko 135 3.5 black rim (SN 4102XX) that is decidedly SC (very yellow
reflection, only slight purple reflection).  I can't give the age of the
lens,
but no one reported a higher SN on the coating survey.

--p.j.


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