My 50/1.8:
- “Japan" on the front ring
- full lettering is " OLYMPUS OM-SYSTEM ZUIKO MC AUTO-S 1:1.8 f=50mm
Japan " , caps and lower case as presented
- all black front
- sn 2756466 on the rear-most silver ring that has the DOF scale
So which version do I have? I'm thinking Type 3.
regards
Vick
On 17/07/2013 9:08 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> For the sake of clarity for Vick, I ask the esoterical question "by 1.8 did
>> you
>> mean the "MIJ 1.8" ", which has the words "Made in Japan" on the front
>> ring, the serial number on the chrome ring, and a front element set that is
>> practically impossible to dis-assemble?
>>
>> The last and best of the approx 8 versions of the Zuiko 1.8.
> Yes, to the lastest and bestest of the 1.8 and 1.4 lenses.
>
> Early 50mm and 100mm lenses tended to be sharper in the center than
> the later versions, but the later versions were more uniformly sharp
> in the center and corners.
>
>
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