Re: Hasselblad 500C/M "LATE"

"Q.G. de Bakker" <qnu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> David J. Littleboy wrote:
>
>> When did the "T" coating get replaced with "T*"? Was that before,
during, 
>> or after the 500C/M?
>
> Cameras, like the 500 C/M, do not have T- or T*-coatings...

When purchased as a kit, they come with a normal lens that does.

> The coating on the C lenses was changed during a period of years, with
not 
> every lens type changing at the same time. The period spanned from 
> (approximately) 1970 - 1976.
> The 500 C to C/M change was in 1969-1970.

So when did the 80/2.8 kit lens switch from T to T*?

Which is relevant here, because "LATE" may (or may not) imply T* coatings
on 
the standard lens, and we haven't figured that out yet.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan