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- From: duane@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (duane.galensky)
- Subject: Re: Opinions on Nikkor 50/1.2 AIS vs 50/1.4 AIS
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:27:31 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.192731.26192@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <MULLINS.92Nov14140628@media-lab.media.mit.edu>
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- In article <MULLINS.92Nov14140628@media-lab.media.mit.edu> mullins@media.mit.edu (Atty Mullins) writes:
- >
- >Anyone out there have any opinions on these in terms of optical
- >quality, i.e., sharpness ? I'm considering buying one and can't
- >justify the extra $$ for the 1.2 unless it is also sharper.
- >
-
- the 1.2 is not sharper than the 1.4. and, it provides a
- nice bit of distortion at the edges of the frame to boot.
- the speed improvement isn't that big an advantage.
-
- personally, i'd consider whether the 1.4 made more sense than
- the 1.8...
-
- duane
-