[Leica] RE: Nikkor dogs

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

A very long time ago, in a Galaxy... no sorry...  a very long time ago,
while visiting Alpa in Switzerland, they had finished making a few
pre-production Nikkor to Alpa adapters. I was going to be there for a week,
so they gave me one to take out and use. Along with a Nikkor 43-86mm zoom.
They let me keep the adapter, but I happily gave them back the lens. What a
dog!

Jim


At 01:10 PM 3/1/99 -0500, BD wrote:
>Does anyone
>remembers the Nikkor 38-76mm zoom? The one Nikon apologized about because it
>was not a sharp optic.  It tested lousy.  But still sold in large numbers to
>many PJs and others in the 60s because it offered something they wanted, a
>short zoom! Even if it was not as tack sharp as say the 50mm F1.4 Nikkor,
>they found it usable.
>
>-----
>
>Peter - While I agree with some of what you said in this post about less
>than optimal equipment meeting people's needs for certain purposes, I really
>have to say you're way off on this lens. This lens was a DOG. Woof! Woof! A
>coke bottle in a zoom housing. It mostly sold to "amateurs" who wanted a
>Nikon, wanted a short zoom, and didn't know the difference. PJs who bought
>and used did so at the time because they needed a short zoom and there was
>no alternative. As soon as there was an alternative, this turkey was
>history, and really sad history at that. And, yes, I owned one - and it was
>a bit like having a zoom with a non-removal "soft" filter on it!
>
>B. D.
>