On Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 08:41AM, Jean-Marc Liotier <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 09:16 -0700, Schlake (William Colburn) wrote:
>> >- Canon EF 50/1.8 MkI (the first version, metal construction), optically
>> >mint, cosmetically Mint-, with Canon dedicated Lens Hood. 130 Euros.
>> 
>> I don't have the money to buy it, but I also don't know what makes this
>> lens worth that much money?  What is so special about it?

The 50/1.8 II has a plastic lens mount and lacks a distance scale. It's a pain 
to focus manually with this lens. Then again, it's cheaper than the filters 
that are put on the pro zooms. IIRC you have to buy another adapter in order to 
use lens hoods.
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