[pure-silver] Re: women's cameras (WAS Re: Re: Nikon users?)
- From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 13:11:44 -0500
they were called the "Series E lenses" and were regarded as generally
very competent. some people have observed that their construction
standards are probably similar to those of consumer lenses of today.
some earlier examples of the series E were cosmetically designed to look
different from the nikkors, but by the end of the line, they looked a
lot like the "real" nikkors. my FG came with a series E 1.8.
one lens in particular, the 75-150 3.5 series E, had somewhat of a
reputation of being a stellar performer and in the late 80's i hunted
a NIB one and it molders in my closet to this day. :-)
http://www.shinozuka.org/wtc/wtcindex.html
-rei
On Dec24 15:09, afterswift@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I think Nikon developed a series of plastic-encased lenses for that EM
> era. A 50mm f1.8 was packed with my new FM. The plastic seems to be tough
> and focuses easily.
> It's possible that my f3.5 35mm-70mm AF zoom Nikkor was also made the same
> way. I think only Leica makes their M lenses out of all metal these days.
> And you pay an arm and a leg for them.
>
> Bob
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: puresilver@xxxxxxxxx
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:08 AM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: women's cameras (WAS Re: Re: Nikon users?)
>
> >an amusing fact, from nikon's japanese website:
> >
>
> >[1]http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/portfolio/about/history/cousins/cousins11-e.htm
>
> >
> > The Nikon EM (Photo) was developed as a small, cute, easy-to-use "SLR
> > Camera for Women", appealing to a market whose needs were not being
> > met sufficiently by conventional heavy, "uncute" SLR cameras on the
> > market at the time.
> >
> >Guigiaro, following on the success of the F3, had designed the
> >EM, and its tiny add-on MD-E winder's rhomboid profile was a take
> >off on the F3's 6 fps MD4.
> >
>
> I have put hundreds of rolls thru an EM and it never failed me. (Great
> little back-up camera) But, the meter in my F4 seems far more consistant
> across various types of scenes.
>
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