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- From: rdb1@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ronald.j.deblock..jr)
- Subject: Re: Canon 10s Vs Nikon N90, Which one?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:13:22 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.151322.21013@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec18.031906.10270@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <1992Dec21.233050.15308@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec21.233050.15308@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- >to look too far down the road. I think Nikon shafted its N6006 and
- >N8008 owners by not allowing them to drive the AF-I and AF-D lenses.
- >
- After reading magazine reviews of the N90 and AF-D lenses, I was left with
- the impression that the N8008 *CAN* use the AF-D lenses. Except, of
- course, the new "3-D" features. If I understand correctly, the AF-I
- lenses have an internal motor and cannot be used for AF with the N8008.
- The AF-D lenses send focus distance data back to the camera and can
- be used with the N8008. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
-
- >and, in my mind, Nikon has basically orphaned it now that they realize
- >Canon was right to put the motors in the lenses all along. With the
-
- Nikon and Pentax put the motors in the lenses long before Canon did.
- This was back in the early '80s, with the Nikon F3AF and Pentax MEF.
- Both companis made a big mistake by also putting the batteries in the lenses.
- Adding 4 AA cells to a lens makes it very heavy, and the whole system becomes
- unbalanced (difficult to handle).
-
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- Ron DeBlock rdb1@homxb.att.com (that's a number 1 in rdb1, not letter l)
- AT&T Bell Labs Somerset, NJ USA
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