On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:26:36 -0800, SMS wrote:

Stephen Bishop wrote:

Actually, Nikon does compete against the L line. They just don't
paint them white. But Canon does have more top pro lenses to choose
from, particularly at the very long end.

Nikon hasn't been able to make any Fluorite element lenses, which
greatly limits them in certain market segments, i.e. sports. And of

What other market segments other than sports and why does that limit them?


course the Nikon lens mount precludes them from making certain lenses.

Where and why does the Nikon lens mount preclude them from making what
kind of certain lenses?

As in all things in life, you usually get what you pay for. Pro level
Nikon glass is amazingly good, it just doesn't call attention to itself
with the embellishment of a "luxury" label and a different color.

So are you saying that you can take a Nikkor $5,000 200-400mm lens and a
70-300mm lens and shoot the same thing with the same body in the same
what at 300mm using the same f stop and then print them at 16x20, matt
and frame them and then hang them on a wall and you would see a dramatic
and significant different in the two prints handing side by side?


There's a technical reason for the color of the BWLs.