"Scott" <Spamless@nospam.com> wrote in message news:JFnOa.927$Ph3.669@sccrnsc04...

> Is there any difference in material between a Series E lens and the

> standard AI manual focus lens? I believe the E lenses were metal, were they

> not? And what was the lens material? I figure someone out there knows

> this. Yes, I did a Google, got some nice reviews on the 50 and 100, and a

> zoom (75-150 possibly), but nothing on specifics.

The Nikon E lenses were AIS, single-coated in the non-zooms, multi-coated

in the zooms. All lens elements were glass. Barrel materials varied - some

had mostly plastic outer barrel parts, with aluminum and teflon helical

construction; others (mostly the zooms) were mostly metal in construction.

The 50mm and longer lenses and the zooms were optically excellent and

reasonably consistent in performance among samples; the 28 and 35 varied

from good to poor in performance...

See: www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/slemn.html for more...

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David Ruether

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http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com

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