Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just checked my reference, that "impartial" guide to Nikon stuff by Moose Petterson, and what I should have said was that the 85/1.4 AIS was the first Nikon telephoto to employ floating elements, at least blame Moose if that is still incorrect. ;-) In any case, it really is very sharp when focused close, in the head and shoulder regions. A very nice lens, bright, easy to focus, but too darn heavy for casual over the shoulder-type photography. dan c. At 10:48 AM 29-09-01 -0700, Henning Wulff wrote: > >I think you will find that the first lens with floating elements was >the 24/2.8 Nikkor of around 1968 or 1969. By the time the 85/1.4 >Nikkor was released many other lenses had already used floating >elements. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html