  Using the recent precise measurements of eta photopro- duction in proton and
deuteron targets, we extract the ratio of the helicity amplitudes A^n_1/2 /
A^p_1/2, for the excitation of N^*(1535), in the effective Lagrangian approach,
It is fairly model-independent, free from the final-state interaction effects,
and negative as predicted by the quark models. We stress the importance of
polarization observables in further elucidation of the N^*(1520)
photoexcitation amplitudes.
