Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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.