> > > Nikon and Minolta have white lenses too, by the way... > > ******************************** > > I had no idea that Nikon and Minolta have white lenses. I saw a > Nikon catalog and looked through it and I would have sworn that > there were no white lenses. As for Minolta, I doubt that any > photographer thinks "Minolta" when seeing a white lens, even if > they do manufacture them: they just don't have the market share.
Hey All, AFAIK Nikon has no white lenses in current production though I do recall seeing some white Nikon super teles at one point a few years ago. On the other hand, Minolta does indeed currently make white lenses, AFAIK they are all faster "G" series lenses and are mostly teles though I do recall seeing a particularly ugly Minolta 80-200 2.8 G zoom. The Minolta "G" series lenses are intended to be the best lenses Minolta makes. Some of the "G" series lenses test as excellent and some test as only pretty good, across the "G" series line they are not as consistently good as Canon's "L" class lenses or Nikon's newer AF-S series lenses but make no mistake they are very good. Minolta does not have very many of these better lenses and also IMO lacks the bodies to back them up. This may be why the pro galleries are full of Canon and Nikon shooters and we know ALL of Canon's best long AF lenses are white. Regards, Chip Louie * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
