Comments on: Nikon lens hood HB-44 – which lens is it for?

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:05:33 +0000

… and don’t forget the F4, the D40, the D40x, and in Europe at least there was a F-401 … very deadly those …

By: David Hsieh

David Hsieh — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:36:19 +0000

Let me guess…it’s because it’s made in china! These other products might be made in thailand, japan, etc.. :p

By: Juergen

Juergen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:14:04 +0000

My above comment referred to the different Canon names for otherwise identical cameras.

By: Juergen

Juergen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:12:37 +0000

That is simply done to separate the three markets Europe, North America and Asia to hinder Canon-uncontrolled camera flow, that’s an anti-free-market policy.

By: Juergen

Juergen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:10:04 +0000

I don’t know what you think I was missing from the interview?

What I found most ridiculous was the sentence “DX is not over” – what a nonsense, of course it’s not, as it will not in the foreseeable future, means many, many years to go at least. And with Nikon DSLRs the DX user base is 10.700.000 million compared to FX 300.000 (if at all), so what should that sentence mean?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:17:33 +0000

Sorry my European friends….

I should have written “these are only western market products?” Cheers!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:16:08 +0000

D40, 80-400, 400mm prime. 12-24 f/4 (Don’t use the death aperture!) , 200-400 f/4, SB-400.

I guess these are only North American products?

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:50:32 +0000

good point – maybe this is the lens with the HB-44 hood
or just maybe they had something else to release, but they had QA problems?

By: Zoetmb

Zoetmb — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:40:46 +0000

Here’s another missing number (at least in the U.S):

The 16-85mm, released February 08 was model #2178
The 18-105mm, released September 08 was model #2179
The 50mm 1.8G, released Dec 08 was model #2180
The 35mm AF-S is model #2183.

Where is model #2181 and #2182?

It could have been assigned to another accessory and not a lens, but Nikon usually keeps these numbers pretty much in sequence (flashes are in the 4000 series, for example). So has #2181 and #2182 already been assigned to lenses we don’t know about yet?

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:07:21 +0000

yes, you guys should read the whole interview – it is interesting

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:06:33 +0000

No, the hood for the old 18-55mm DX was HB-33 and it got discontinued.
I wrote about that few months ago:

http://nikonrumors.com/2008/05/02/what-is-up-with-nikon-hb-33-lens-hood.aspx

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:22:52 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia

By: Juergen

Juergen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:34:38 +0000

And we’ve already heard the price from Nikon – 1400 Euro!
“… an FX 35mm F1.4 … might cost €1400 …” says Ludovic Drean, Nikon Product Manager for lenses, Europe, see http://www.dpreview.com/news/0902/09021002nikoninterview.asp

By: rwbenjey

rwbenjey — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:14:39 +0000

I would guess this as well. After all, Nikon has to release a faster version for the pro market : )

By: Caprea

Caprea — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:11:46 +0000

But there is an HB-4 hood for the 20mm 2.8.

So it’s not a superstition issue.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:04:10 +0000

There is no HB-13 either.

By: Caprea

Caprea — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:15:23 +0000

I never heard specifically of 44 being a bad luck in Japan. But it may be in China, I don’t know.

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:10:27 +0000

or an AF-S 300mm f/4.0 VR
This lens is like 9 years old now… I know there are older ones, and this is definitely a good lens, but I wouldn’t mind the VR. Then again, I’m not sure if this is as much of a moneymaker as the 80-400mm and that lens was released about the same time.
My main thing is that the 80-400 100-400 120-400 type variants are usually sharp up to about 300mm then drop off sharply as they get to 400. The aperture range is the same, so there isn’t a huge reason for people with say, the 70-300 VR to upgrade for the extended range, unless they really need it for sports/wildlife etc. etc.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:15:08 +0000

Guys, dont get so superstitious okay?

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:10:54 +0000

If that’s the case, then 44 = “Double Death” may mean something. hehe