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Re: [OM] rare zoom

Subject: Re: [OM] rare zoom
From: Mike Bloor <admin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:19:08 +0000
Thank goodness my typos didn't stretch to the sought after 500mm f1.4 or the mythical 3.5mm shift lens (apparently you can photograph the far horizon and your nose in the same frame with no converging verticals).

Mike

At 14:04 23/01/2018, you wrote:
That rare prototype zoom was a 24-40, not 24-48:

http://olypedia.de/S_Zuiko_MC_Auto-Zoom_1:4/24-40_mm

The only one around (serial #xxxxx5) was heavily pimped by Paul Yates (Cogitech on FredMiranda.com), but his was abused and had haze and other optical defects. He was still able to flog it for $1600ish on ebay to some sucker.

The reason they weren't produced more than 5 copies is it wasn't anything special. Read the patent, - optically it was only ho-hum at best.

IMNSHO, not even worth bothering with at any price, really. Now if it was an 85/1.4 GRIN prototype, that might be a different story.
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