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Old 9th August 2016, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by John King View Post
Why?

E series lenses whilst not having the heavy build quality of AI or AIS lenses and perhaps the coatings may not be the same standard, but I have never found them wanting, with regard to performance.
The AI and AIS have the edge in optical quality, ideal if you are shooting slides and want to squeeze a bit more out
The build quality is better like you mentioned
I think i read somewhere the 50mm f1.8 ais pancake is a E series lens with more coatings
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