On 14 Apr 2005, at 07:15, Moose wrote:
> Mike Hatam wrote:
>
>> Regarding the Zuiko 18mm lens... I've seen two variations of this
>> lens. One
>> has the letters "MC" on the body (near the front element), and one
>> does not.
>>
>> I assumed that the one that does not have those letters was the SC
>> version,
>> but I must be wrong about that.
>>
>>
> If you read the link I posted in my last reply about this, you would
> know that Oly dropped the letter prefix indicating the number of
> elements and added the indicator "MC" when they movd from SC to MC.
> Years later, when it was a valid assumption that all lenses were
> multi-coated, they simply dropped the "MC" from the front ring.
>
>> Can anyone here shed any light on the difference in these two
>> versions for
>> of the Zuiko 18mm lens for me?
>>
>>
> Yes, the only difference is that one front ring is marked MC and the
> other isn't. Both are the same inside.
>
Yet, for the true Zuikoholic it still is a justification for getting
two -- isn't it? ;)
--thomas
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