[Leica] Re: The slippery slope - "digital"?

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

Not only a 200/f2, but a VR 200/f2. :) And it's not as big as you'd think.

Chris

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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