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Re: [OM] 21mm f3.5/hood/case/caps etc at Fred Miranda

Subject: Re: [OM] 21mm f3.5/hood/case/caps etc at Fred Miranda
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:11:18 -0500
You assumption is probably correct based on the serial number and G. 
Zuiko on the name ring.

Chuck Norcutt


On 12/6/2012 10:38 AM, Don Holbrook wrote:
> just to add, mine is a G,Zuiko silver nose, s/n 100912, which I always 
> assumed was SC.  The hood is the slip-on, but purchased much later.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:44:07 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [OM] 21mm f3.5/hood/case/caps etc at Fred Miranda
>
> That's very interesting.  The 1999 multi/single coating survey of
> members of this list reported only six 21/3.5 lenses. I've placed the
> Fred Miranda lens and yours within the list according to serial number.
>    Does yours actually say "Zuiko MC"?  Are you sure that the name ring
> hasn't been replaced?  119500 also seems to be a bit of an outlier.
> Maybe the owner reported it as SC assuming it was SC if it didn't say MC
> (usual for later MC lenses).
>
> 21    3.5  103600  Chrome       SC    No              G. Zuiko
> 21    3.5  103680  Chrome       SC    No              G. Zuiko
> -------->  1158xx  Black (CyberSimian lens)   ???
> 21    3.5  116100  Black         SC   No              G. Zuiko
> -------->  116361  Black (Fred Miranda lens)   G. Zuiko
> 21    3.5  116460  Black         MC   Yes        Zuiko MC
> 21    3.5  119500  Black         SC   No              Zuiko
> 21    3.5  121400  Black         MC   No              Zuiko
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
>
> On 12/6/2012 7:38 AM, CyberSimian wrote:
>> Bill Barber wrote:
>>> Absolutely no connection to this deal.  This is a great price.
>>> (http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1169828)
>>
>> Except that one can see from the photographs that it is a "G.ZUIKO", which
>> (if I remember my OM folklore correctly) means that it is a single-coated
>> lens.
>>
>> Curiously, my multicoated 21mm f3.5 has a lower serial number
>> (1158xx for mine, compared to 116361 for the Fred Miranda lens).
>>
>> -- from CyberSimian in the UK
>>
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