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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 51253" data-attributes="member: 6548">No they are cheap deapo...not even Nikkors...and the first set of plastic lenses Nikon made...as such they are very affordable...and go look at some snaps made with the 75-150 zoom E...good stuff!The story goes sort of like this...back in 77 or 78 the F series of cameras began to be eclipsed by the new auto everything cameras by folks like Minolta and Canon.&nbsp; Nikon began to search for new niches and one market they targeted was women.&nbsp; They created the all plastic EM auto everything except for focus and a handful of lenses to match the system and called it the woman's camera.&nbsp; It was a huge flop despite being a fairly nice small lightweight kit...little did anyone know that in the future plastic camera construction would become the prevalent type of gear.I like the E's because they are pretty decent and they are so lightweight.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 51253, member: 6548"] No they are cheap deapo...not even Nikkors...and the first set of plastic lenses Nikon made...as such they are very affordable...and go look at some snaps made with the 75-150 zoom E...good stuff! The story goes sort of like this...back in 77 or 78 the F series of cameras began to be eclipsed by the new auto everything cameras by folks like Minolta and Canon. Nikon began to search for new niches and one market they targeted was women. They created the all plastic EM auto everything except for focus and a handful of lenses to match the system and called it the woman's camera. It was a huge flop despite being a fairly nice small lightweight kit...little did anyone know that in the future plastic camera construction would become the prevalent type of gear. I like the E's because they are pretty decent and they are so lightweight. [/QUOTE]

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