Nikkor AF-S 105mm f/2.8G ED IF VR Micro lens now made in China

Starting February, 2010 the Nikkor AF-S 105mm f/2.8G ED IF VR Micro lens is being produced in China instead of Japan. See the slideshow below for more details (source: Eri_c@flickr):

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125 Comments

  1. Posted April 17, 2010 at 3:30 am | Permalink

    “IF they can keep the quality…”…. it will be OK. But they CAN NOT.
    “IF they drop prices”.. but they will not…

    Great. Another product I cannot and will not buy because it is made in China. Boycott Chinese goods, unless you want to be a photographer at walmart some day.

  2. Famous12345
    Posted April 18, 2010 at 8:54 pm | Permalink

    So I have been looking at this lens. A local store has one made in Japan. Will this one be worth more down the road if I chose to sell it than one from China?

  3. carlos
    Posted April 19, 2010 at 11:06 am | Permalink

    if Nikon start doing this, they will be like SONY when they start to Make their TVs in china, mexico and else where, check now what are the top 10 tv in the market.
    I think, Nikon are in a money Crisis, that’s why they are not launching anything a part of the scrap of d3000 and d5000, who is buying this?
    chek the web site of Canon and compare what they have with Nikon,
    I am a Nikon lover but ………..

  4. Conan
    Posted April 20, 2010 at 12:15 am | Permalink

    I smelt kinda China bashing here~~lol