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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
- Subject: Re: Advice on Canon 50 mm/f1.8 wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.235617.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1992Nov11.160234.23567@kth.se>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:56:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov11.160234.23567@kth.se>, d90-nsc@nada.kth.se (Niclas Schopenhauer) writes:
- >
- >
- > I am considering buying a 50 mm lens for my Canon 100 (Elan in the US, I
- > believe). However, since the only 50 mm lens by Canon on the market (not counting
- > the 50/f1.0) belongs to the II series which, I am told, have bad optical quality,
- > I'm considering buying a second-hand copy of the old 50 mm f/1.8.
- >
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- I have a 50 f1.8 that I picked out of 5-6 second hand a 3 new IIs. The early
- unit is of better build quality opticaly, though that may no longer be the case.
- The II is a bit faster focusing, but nothing like a USM. The *BIG* loss on the
- II is no focus scale, and no IR focus index.
-
- ~Paul
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