Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:30 AM 22-01-97 EST, Kevin wrote: [snip] >FWIW, there is an 85/1.4 AF-IF Nikkor now. I think the price of the thing >is >into Leica prime lens territory. It has yet another element and retains >CRC. >I haven't heard if they reduced the flare issue present in the MF version. When I bought my 85/1.4 MF lens, the store also had a second hand 85/1.4 AF, which is surprising since the lens is quite new. When I complained about the flare problem to the Nikon Digest, someone who owned the AF version responded by saying that his lens also flared. Just as well; the AF was going for $1200 (Can) vs $800 for the one I bought. The MF seemed much better construction. Construction wise, the Summilux (see, I mentioned Leica!) is tops. Dan C.