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Hi all,
Recently my Olympus Zuiko four thirds 12-60mm packed up the fault being it was stuck on full aprature. As it had a few years of use I decided rather than get it repaired I'd purchase a new one. The new lens is as good as my previous one, however there are a couple of things that puzzle me. The original lens was made in Japan while the new one is manufactured in China, both lens caps and the hood are made in Japan. Now the differences, my original one had the 12 and 18mm markings on the zoom ring close together, whereas the new lens has them spaced a relatively fair distance apart. The serial number on the original is a series of numbers, however this new 12-60mm has AC followed by numbers (none of my other Zuiko lens numbers are alpha numeric). My question : does anyone know if there are actually two versions of the Zuiko 12-60mm four thirds lens? If there is, to date I've never seen any comments referring to this. Thank you in advance.
Recently my Olympus Zuiko four thirds 12-60mm packed up the fault being it was stuck on full aprature. As it had a few years of use I decided rather than get it repaired I'd purchase a new one. The new lens is as good as my previous one, however there are a couple of things that puzzle me. The original lens was made in Japan while the new one is manufactured in China, both lens caps and the hood are made in Japan. Now the differences, my original one had the 12 and 18mm markings on the zoom ring close together, whereas the new lens has them spaced a relatively fair distance apart. The serial number on the original is a series of numbers, however this new 12-60mm has AC followed by numbers (none of my other Zuiko lens numbers are alpha numeric). My question : does anyone know if there are actually two versions of the Zuiko 12-60mm four thirds lens? If there is, to date I've never seen any comments referring to this. Thank you in advance.
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