10-12-2010, 03:17 AM
The 'Zone showed us how great the 17mm long Nikon 45 2.8 Ai-P pancake lens is.
Wonder if the $100USD "GN Nikon 45mm
f2.8 Non-AI" lenses are optically identical, except perhaps for lens coating? Think have also seen
some lenses with the "E" label. Sony Nex users currently have no use for the AI computer chip version
of this lens that sends aperture information back to a Nikon body. And Photozone has shown some interest
in pointing out compact lenses for the Nex, like the quite expensive Leica-type rangefinder lenses.
Anybody know if all the Nikon 45mm f2.8 variants are basically optical performance equivalents of the
superb AI-P 45mm f2.8 Nikkor? Given his interest in careless and careful pancake lens designs, Klaus
should have a bit of enthusiasm for the topic.
Hmm, would it be EVIL to start a "pancake watch" topic?
Wonder if the $100USD "GN Nikon 45mm
f2.8 Non-AI" lenses are optically identical, except perhaps for lens coating? Think have also seen
some lenses with the "E" label. Sony Nex users currently have no use for the AI computer chip version
of this lens that sends aperture information back to a Nikon body. And Photozone has shown some interest
in pointing out compact lenses for the Nex, like the quite expensive Leica-type rangefinder lenses.
Anybody know if all the Nikon 45mm f2.8 variants are basically optical performance equivalents of the
superb AI-P 45mm f2.8 Nikkor? Given his interest in careless and careful pancake lens designs, Klaus
should have a bit of enthusiasm for the topic.
Hmm, would it be EVIL to start a "pancake watch" topic?