07-01-2010, 01:34 PM
[quote name='you2' date='29 June 2010 - 09:33 AM' timestamp='1277800387' post='749']
Well if we ignore the money issue is there any advantage of an SL II? Are they better built or have tweaked optics ? [/quote]
To my knowledge no tweaked optics, so far, at least regarding glass elements. The Nokton and Ultron got new apertures with rounded blades, potentially offering slightly smoother bokeh (on paper at least).
However, "bad bokeh" is not really an issue of the 125 SL, is it? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />
To me, there is no real difference in build quality, but there is one in build in general. Personally, I prefer the all black SL II lenses.
And of some importance to Nikon users: SL II lenses feature an integrated CPU (unlike SL lenses).
-- Markus
Well if we ignore the money issue is there any advantage of an SL II? Are they better built or have tweaked optics ? [/quote]
To my knowledge no tweaked optics, so far, at least regarding glass elements. The Nokton and Ultron got new apertures with rounded blades, potentially offering slightly smoother bokeh (on paper at least).
However, "bad bokeh" is not really an issue of the 125 SL, is it? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />
To me, there is no real difference in build quality, but there is one in build in general. Personally, I prefer the all black SL II lenses.
And of some importance to Nikon users: SL II lenses feature an integrated CPU (unlike SL lenses).
-- Markus
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