Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can tell you the 2 touch 80-200/2.8 AF-D Nikkor is about twice as fast as the one touch it replaced. Haven't seen the silent wave or whatever the S stands for in the new lens, but I wonder if that one is any faster than this one. The ultrasonic and silent wave are good in journalism, BUT the ideea most photographers assume is true that if they don't hear the motor, nobody hears it is BAD. Try to shoot your dog with it and see if ther is any reaction to that! Having those monsters of 600/4 silent to humans is a sales pitch. The birds sure hear them! And most wildlife! Lucian On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Harrison McClary wrote: > Sunday, Sunday, January 17, 1999, Lucien wrote: > > > > But at the same moment they published a test in which the Nikon F5 > > (and in a way the F90X) was found much faster than both the EOS1n and > > EOS3. > > And I bet that they will also find the F100 faster (and better) than > > the EOS3 in their next comparison. > > By the way I don't think they are biased in favor of Nikon either. > > My one question in all these test reports is..Don't you have to have > the new "S" lenses (or whatever they are called) to take advantage of > the speed? > > The Canon's are fast across the board, except for the really cheap > consumer lenses, and even then they are faster than the Nikons I have > seen. > > Best regards, > Harrison McClary > http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto > preview my book: http://www.volmania.com > > >