Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hi leicafans, in the newest edition of "nikon pro" (europe) they present a new lens, which could be the new "king of the night" instead of the noctilux... ;-) nikon promisses benefits for handheld telephotography in low-light with the new AF VR zoom-nikkor 80-400 mm f 4,5 - 5,6 D ED, which offers build in "vibration reduction" VR (like some canon lenses before). according to nikon, hand-held photography with exposure times three steps slower will be successfull with this technology (i.e. you can use 1/8 sec. instead of 1/60 sec. without VR...) this is factor 8, what will offer a "virtual wide open performance" of arround 1:2 ... (what is, admittedly, again factor 4 away from the real "king of the night", the noct...) regards, thomas böhm, imst / austria __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com