On 29 Oct 1998 07:23:09 GMT, mikefocus@aol.com (MikeFocus) wrote:

>Cosmetic.
>And the lens quality is passable but nothing to write home about.

If you are referring to the 100mm f2.8E, I cannot agree...
It was the equal at infinity at f2.8 of the best I could put
against it, which included some really excellent infinity-focus
lenses, like the 105mm f2.5 and 105mm f2.8M Nikkors... It beat
the excellent 85's, even... Near minimum focus, it easily beats
the 105mm f2.5 at f2.8, but not the 105mm f2.8M. Quite a remarkable
lens to write home about, I think, and really, really cheap for a
lens of that image quality...