Chris wrote: >I pointed out > that Nikon users said the same thing, and that Nikon, a very > well-respected camera company, obviously thought that there was a very > good reason to remove the ring, so they did. Let's see... Canon and > Minolta have no aperture rings... now Nikon is slowly removing the > aperture ring from their lenses...
The below might be of interest for those who believe Nikon will remove the aperture ring from all their lenses: "In a recent meeting with Mr. Tetsuro Goto, Head of Research and Development for Nikon SLR cameras, I asked if all future professional specification Nikkors would follow suit and be of the G-type. He explained that the decision to adopt the G specification for the VR 70-200mm lens was based purely on engineering reasons, because Nikon's priority was to produce a lightweight, compact lens, and that there was no policy to dispense with a conventional aperture ring in future lenses provided it fitted the design criteria." If this is to be believed, and I cannot see why not, Nikon will maintain the aperture ring of most of their lenses. So I guess the panic that Pentax will remove the aperture ring could now be finally brought to an end! :o) P�l
