Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 200 f2 is a Nikon masterpiece. A beautiful hunk of glass. I still find it a little heavy though. I wouldn't walk around without at least a mono pod for over a half hour. I had it for 6 months and ended up trading it in for a new M7 and 50 Summilux. I still wish I had it though. I just found I could not justify having it for the type of photography I do. By the way I know a fellow who has 5 EF200 f1.8 lenses new in the box. He won't sell them though. And he's not a dealer. Len On Dec 24, 2006, at 9:53 AM, Christopher Williams wrote: > Not only a 200/f2, but a VR 200/f2. :) And it's not as big as you'd > think. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <mcyclwritr@comcast.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 1:48 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] The slippery slope - "digital"? > > >> Zounds, a fast 200mm to which even Nikonoids may cleave. >> >> -Chris Lawson, wondering if the Bokeh King EF200mm f/1.8L will >> soon crash dive from rare and amazing to just plain oboslete. And > amazing. >> >> From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> >>> The Japanese optical industry is/has removed lead especially and >>> most other >>> heavy(toxic) metals from their optical glass over the last five >>> years or >>> so. The hazards to the workers in the smelters became too >>> apparant to >>> tolerate any more. The Canon folks assured me that as they >>> figured out >>> optical glasses that don't use toxic materials they would re- >>> issue a similar >>> lens; with the good success of the Nikon 200 F2 you can bet that >>> Canon will >>> bring out a revised version fairly soon. >>> >>> 0.02 >>> >>> Don > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information