New Nikon lens Nikkor AF-S 50-150mm F/2.8G leak (Busted)

By [NR] admin | Published: June 2, 2008
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Update: this rumor was busted - the lens shown is Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM (no idea why its displayed as AF-S).

A reader submitted those screenshots - I guess this caught everyone by surprise: a new

Nikon lens Nikkor AF-S 50-150mm F/2.8G (maybe even VR). Hallelujah!

The screenshot was taken from the new Capture NX2 software.

nikon lens leak New Nikon lens Nikkor AF S 50 150mm F/2.8G leak (Busted)

The original links are:

Thank you L. from Thailand.

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8 Comments

  1. NL_Apex
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 1:49 pm | Permalink

    I’m curious how much this lense is going to cost. People that are looking forward to 50-150 range are either going for the sigma or a 70-200 on a D3.

    People on a budget are going for the sigma ofcourse, but the sigma has it’s well known problems. Is Nikon going for the budget buyer? Or are they going to put a very good lens on the market that is twice as expensive as the Sigma?

    Let’s hope it’s right down the middle ;)

  2. NL_Apex
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 5:27 pm | Permalink

    You’ve got a point, it’s just that the 50-150 doesn’t have the ‘G’ in its full name

    http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3318&navigator=6

  3. Thalos
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 5:05 pm | Permalink

    Isn’t that AF-S field “focus mode” (ie. AF-S,AF-C or Manual)?

    Sigma add’s G in lens field (like: 10-20mm F/4-5.6G or 30mm F/1.4G)

    Looks like lens was Sigma 50-150/2.8

  4. Blog Admin
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 7:20 pm | Permalink

    More on the topic here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=28158156

  5. Blog Admin
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 7:43 pm | Permalink

    and some more interesting comments here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1030&message=28159205

  6. NL_Apex
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 7:45 pm | Permalink

    I also saw the recent posts on dpreview. I suppose this one is busted :p

  7. Arterio
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

    And of course this one to fizzle out this “news”:

    < “>http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1030&message=28160476>

    Funny to see the Sigma lens in a Nikon application.

  8. snot_pixel
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 9:01 pm | Permalink

    Oh well. It was fun while it lasted!!