Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You should have lifted the 300 f2 then. :) Don don.dory@gmail.com On 12/24/06, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >