"Skip" writes:
> It doesn't seem to work out that way, if you use Oly as a comparison. They
> claimed that the 4/3 system would produce lenses that were better, lighter,
> smaller and cheaper, but when you look at the 300mm f2.8 at $5700 compared
> to the Canon 300mm at $3750, that didn't happen. It's slightly larger, and
> somewhat heavier. Of course it gives the FOV of a 600mm lens on an Oly, so
> it is substantially smaller than the Canon 600mm lens, 7" shorter and 4.5
> lbs lighter.
Yeah, I don't know what's going on with that. They do have a
35-100/2.0 and a 90-250/2.8, ranges and speeds that probably can't be
done in FF 35mm. At the wide end they have a 14-35/2.0 in the works,
faster than any FF or DX wide zoom.
> Out of curiosity, what non DX lens has Nikon introduced in the last
> year or year and a half?
I think the 70-300 VR might be that recent.
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