> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 13:35:52 -0800 (PST)
> From: Stanley McManus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: EOS Don't pick a fight you can't win.
>
> Folks, I hope most realize that I love poking some
> good natured fun at our fellow photographers who
> happen to own Nikon equipment. However, I think those
> who wish to point out the incompatiblity of some Nikon
> lenses and bodies ought to keep quite.
No, why should we? Any FD lens will still fit any FD body,
and all EF lenses fit all EOS bodies. So what, all my old
FD equipment is still working with the guys I sold it to,
and all my new EOS equipment shows no incompatibility
whatsoever.
> Having known
> several people who faced instant obselecence of their
> old FD systems I don't think we have much to gloat
> about.
I can't see any obsolescence in equipment working absolutely
flawless. Just because new equipment is available the old
stuff doesn't break.
> It's all about the timeline. Going back to
> the mid 80's then EOS looks better in terms
> ofcompatibility. However, those of us who are older
> have equipment from the 70's and early 80's and we
> were really stung by the switch to the EOS mount. I
> personally know of several folks who had many
> thousands of dollars tied up in FD gear only to find
> that they hit the end of the line in the mid 80's.
I sold all my stuff after using it somewhere between
8 and 12 years, and I got what I paid for it or even
more. Not much stinging there....
> On
> the other hand one of my buddies has a 1970's 135mm
> f/2.8 Nikkor lens that works just fine on his F100.
> It's all in how you measure it.
My measures look good.
--
Michael Quack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.photoquack.de
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