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Re: [OM] Plastic Lens question

Subject: Re: [OM] Plastic Lens question
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:39:26 -0400
afaik, Olympus AF lenses are glass.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Stanke" <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Plastic Lens question


> Albert:
>
> B&H sells the Olympus Stylus Epic with a 35 mm f/2.8 for $79.95 USD.  The
> April 2003 issue of Popular Photography and Imaging declares it be "Best
> Camera Buy Ever: A superb 35 mm for $79!"  They also commented that the
> four-element lens had outstanding resolution (83 lines mm center, 60 lines
> mm edge), very low flare, slight corner falloff, and nearly undetectable
> pincushion distortion.  The article doesn't say, but I would assume that
the
> aspheric element (at least) is plastic.
>
> Bill Stanke
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Albert" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 9:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Plastic Lens question
>
>
>
> I suspect it's an economic problem; if I sell a P&S for $75, how much
> lens do you think that will buy you?
>
> I think Tamron does a plastic molded to glass thing for their Asph's?  I
> seem to recall that because Tokina knocks that in one of their brochures..
>
> Albert
>
> >
> >Albert:
> >
> >I'm not aware that there's any resolution limit on plastic lenses that's
> terribly different than glass, and the refraction index of plastic would



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