Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, I can't imagine that at all. It's over double the weight of the 200. It even makes my AF-I 400 a lightweight. Len On Dec 24, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Don Dory wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information