RE: [APML] Nikon 600 f/4

["Dale Ireland" <direland@drdale.com>]

Thanks
That does answer much of my question. I was wondering if there is a new
glass or design. I didn't know they had a new ED glass formula, when did
that come into production?
The 1982 vintage 600f/4 was big but near perfect. I have images of the
rising sun that show no flare, a legendary aspect of the lens. I sold mine
:(( and bought the lighter 500 f/4 which has exactly the same internal lens
configuration as the 600 according to the diagrams but it turned out to be
no where near the image quality or flareless performance as the 600. I think
I will rent one and see how it stacks up. Not that I will get one now since
my wife just lost her job with a stock broker as fallout from Sept 11. Those
little bastard terrorists finally hit me right at home.
Dale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]On
> Behalf Of Jerry Lodriguss
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 1:04 AM
> To: astro-photo@seds.org
> Subject: Re: [APML] Nikon 600 f/4
>
>
>
> >
> >Is there any optical differences between the current Nikkor AF
> 600 idef f/4
> >and the 1980's  non-AF versions? I had a 1982 model, I am
> wondering if the
> >current models have the same virtually flare-free design.
>
>
> Hi Dale,
>
> I don't know about the flare, but I would doubt it that got any worse in
> the new models.
>
> I am sure that they used the updated glass, and possible a new optical
> configuration in the newer models too.
>
> The old ones were beasts, but the new ones are considerably lighter and
> more compact. They are also considerably more expensive.
>
> Jerry
>
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