On Friday, January 30, 2004, at 09:20AM, Peter Norby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>IIRC, the Gold signifies USM (for non-L lenses, of course). >I hadn't noticed it before really, until somebody got a 50/1.4 >that also had a gold ring on it (the 50/1.8 does not, naturally). To be more specific, the gold stripe (acutally a silkscreen) indicates that the lens has full-time manual focus. The silver stripe is used on the really cheap zoom lenses (such as the 28-80 and 28-90). The 24-85 was also made in silver to match the EOS IX APS SLR. -- John Chennavasin | This article contains material which may inform and [EMAIL PROTECTED] | may be quoted, printed, forwarded, or redistributed www.fobpro.com | as long as the original attribution remains intact. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
