Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!

Tony Polson wrote:

>> Subjective and biased consumer reviews aside... why would the
>> mounting necessarily affect the glass itself?

Nothing subjective or biased about Canon dropping the ball and making poor
quality optics.  I put my money where my mouth is and bought a slew of
Canon
lenses over the years and the only ones that where really any good, not as
good as Nikkors, but good were the FDs.

> The large diameter opening in the lens mount would allow larger rear
> elements, and the very short film/sensor plane to lens flange distance
> would allow optics that were not so dependent on retrofocus designs.

Sounds good on paper, but....

> The irony is that, with the exception of the Tilt and ****ft lenses,
> Canon has never truly taken advantage of these two op****tunities to
> produce high quality optics, especially wide angle lenses.

You said it better than I could have.

> I am very happy with my two Canon EOS 5D bodies, but most of the
> lenses I use have "Carl Zeiss" engraved around the front element.

I would have went with a Noct Nikkor on the 5D, oh wait, I did.  Zeiss is
definitely a step up, but they can't hold a candle to the Nikkors light
gathering abilities and IQ.





Rita