> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:44:53 +0100
> From: Eertmans Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Nikon lens on Nikon camera [v04.n308/8] [v04.n310/12]
>
> Is putting "ED" on
> lens that has LD elements worse than putting Nikon on a Tamron lens in
> the first place?
[stuff about cross-pollination in the camera biz deleted]
>
> I could go on like that for a while, but the bottom line is, it is the
> results that count, and the battle for Nikon's purity is rather vain.
I think Nikon's marketing department would take exception to that.
Why do you own Nikon? Surely it's not just to pay more money
for a lens that is made by Tamron? In part, I own Nikon because
of the lenses -- because I can expect consistancy from Nikkor
to Nikkor in terms of colour and contrast.
When Nikon writes in their product catalog that they "built our
own glassworks to produce high quality glass for Nikkor lenses,"
and that ED glass is "a Nikon innovation," heck, I believe them.
And that means I believe the Nikkor 70-300 is Nikon's glass.
Now, the one thing that hasn't been proposed is that the Tamron
lens has Nikon glass! ... possible? Maybe.
Chris
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