On Wed, 09 Dec 1998 09:38:16 GMT, "Anders Svensson" wrote:

>I feel this is true, however you look at it. As a general rule, and for
>products under market competition, cheaper is inferior and expensive is
>better, performancewise. Price has a diminishing return on performance,
>thats also known.
>
>Isn't it the the anomalys (not the optical ones, thanks) we are after ?
>The 200 dollar lens with the 800 dollar performance ? Or, for some ,
>the 1000 dollar lens with 4000 dollar performance ?
>
>Are there any obvious ones out there ?

You can find some in my Nikkor evaluation list (On my web
page, under "I babble"...;-). Some that come to mind as
near steals in terms of very high optical quality for
very low price are the Nikkor 28mm f3.5 AI/AIS, some
of the 50's, the 100mm f2.8E, the 135mm f2.8E, the
75-150mm f3.5E, and probably others...