----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:08 PM Subject: Re: J Focus Collar (was Re: More Pentax news/rumors (Now taking a poll))
> P�l wrote: > > According to Nikon engineers they have no plan to > > remove the aperture ring from the lenses. Apart from > > the entry level G-lenses, the reson for removing the > > aperture ring were technical. > > The G lenses are not just entry level as evidenced by > the new 70-200mm ED-IF VR G lens & a 2.8 wide angle > zoom (the focal length slips my mind). Read what I said: "apart from entry level etc" Here's a quote: "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." P�l
