On 2012-06-18 19:22 , Me wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/06...superzoom-lens
Thom Hogan sums it up nicely in his website:
"Of course, if they didn't use black they might not absorb so much heat
in the first place"
This goes back to a discussion (in rpe35mm) from long ago.
Large lenses should be white.
OTOH, Nikon don't seem to agree and we don't hear much of the issue with
their lenses.
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"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities."
-Samuel Clemens.