Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 8/19/04 10:30 AM, "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> typed: > > Everyone: Didn't mean to stir up a hornet's nest--I was struck the sight > of all those Can*n white lenses scrunched together. No "ragging" > intended at all. In fact, it made me think, "Free Press Zone"--kind of > like the "Free Speech Zones" at the political conventions. Minus the > barbed wire. > > I'm well aware of Can*n's capture of the Pro market by offering great > programs and service, as well as good equipment. Again, I was just amused > by that repeating pattern of *big* white cylinders. As HCB might have > said, it was all about geometry. :-) > > --Peter > > Ted Grant wrote: > On the 19th this was mentioned Peter and this is pretty much what I pointed out about it: It's easy to think that Canon has taken over in these types of photography when looking at a crowd of photographers at a press thing or fashion show. Unless you know that there are three white Nikon lenses which you could have been also looking At. 1. The Nikon Telephoto AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AutoFocus Lens - Light Grey which you notice goes for under a grand USD. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&s ku=242161&is=GREY 2. The Nikon Telephoto AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8D ED-IF II AutoFocus Lens - Light Gray which goes for five grand USD. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&s ku=220378&is=USA 3. The Nikon Zoom Telephoto AF VR Zoom Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8D G-AFS ED-IF AutoFocus Lens (Vibration Reduction) - Light-grey which goes for a grand and a half. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&s ku=278173&is=GREY Grey = white in terms of how these lenses are styled and named. You'd not easily be able to tell these from canon lenses. Check them out from the B&H site. And other camera companies also make "white" lenses for their their cameras. Minolta, Pentax, you name it. And third party lens companies make white lenses for all these companies cameras. The LEICA APO-TELYT-R telephoto lens system has white front ends which I'm sure many people would assume from a distance to be Canons. They get less hot when you lay them out on a rock in the middle of the Gobi Desert. This keeps their micromoters happier. And helps repel reptiles. Just like not all watermelons are muskmelons but all muskmelons are watermelons all tele Canon lenses might be white but not all white tele lenses come from the muzzle of the Canon. I'm glad I got the chance to re do this. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/