Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/05
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In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19961005135625.006fd0d0@roanoke.infi.net>
> I think it shows the exact opposite: Nikon has some serious lenses in
> its
> line which are intended for professional use. These lenses are
> designed and
> built to a higher standard than the lenses they intend more for the
> amateur
> market. And they can thus price these lenses close to the Leica-R line.
> Leica, after all, really makes nothing but professional-level gear but
> Nikon
> caters to a much broader swathe of the market.
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>
Curious, then, that by your analysis the 85 f1.4 Nikkor winds up in the
'amateur' category (despite the fact that they make an f2 version), and
the 80-200 f4 in the 'professional', which is directly contrary to my
experience of lens ownership in the UK, where the amateur who owns *any*
fixed focal length lenses is very much in the minority.
I'm also looing at an 85mm f1.4 and the 80-200 f4 as I type, and the
different quality of construction is not evident, not is it in the
photographs I've taken with them over the years.
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