EOS Re: Pancake/GN lens, was: What a joke! - NOT

[Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video]

At 02:06 AM 02/06/2001, you wrote:
>Not too long ago, I bought a 45mm "guide number"
>non-AI Nikkor. The interesting thing about this lens,
>in addition to its being incredibly compact and sharp,
>is that the aperture would vary with the focus
>according to which flash guide number set on the lens
>barrel. Thus for a given fixed flash power output,
>exposure based on focus distance is always correct.
>The "new" lens must be an AF relative. :-)

The old 45 GN is venerated among Nikon users for its combination of size 
and quality. The new lens is manual focus.

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regards,
Henry Posner
Director of Sales and Training
B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com

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