Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

Is this patent for a new Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens?

By [NR] admin | Published: May 31, 2009

This was sent in by a reader. The first picture is from a Nikon lens patent, the second is the existing AF VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED lens. I am not an optical engineer, but the lens constructions diagram looks very similar: The patent was granted on February, 2008. The current 80-400mm lens was introduced […]

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Nikon service advisory

By [NR] admin | Published: May 26, 2009

If you own a Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED lens you may want to read today’s Nikon service advisory – you don’t want your $6,000 lens to “fall through the crack”.

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Nikon 35mm f/1.4 AIS MF lens discontinued?

By [NR] admin | Published: May 22, 2009

According to B&H: I also could not find this lens at Adorama or Amazon.

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In stock alert: Nikon 35mm AF-S DX NIKKOR f/1.8G lens

By [NR] admin | Published: May 22, 2009

Hard to get lens – many readers have emailed me about its availability. Nikon 35mm AF-S DX NIKKOR f/1.8G Lens in stock now @ Ritz Online.

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Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D rumor

By [NR] admin | Published: May 17, 2009

Back to what we do best – Nikon rumors. This was sent in by a reader: I know we’ve all heard this a 1000x but I was at my local camera store on Saturday and asked them if the Nikon rep had mentioned any new releases from Nikon. The salesman told me that the rep […]

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Nikon Nikkor F 300mm f/4.5 IF ED

By [NR] admin | Published: May 14, 2009

I would probably say a typo and move on, but the “Nieuw” label on those two listings makes me nervous. There is a current Nikon lens model AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4D IF-ED (currently back ordered @ B&H) that was released back in 2000. Note also that the two listing below are not for a D-type lens (the existing […]

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The question is: what is lens #2182 going to be?

By [NR] admin | Published: May 13, 2009

If you remember this previous post about the skipped Nikon lenses IDs, you have probably noticed that one of the missing numbers (#2181) got filled by the new Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S DX lens. The question is: what is lens #2182 going to be? Some clarifications on the ID schema Nikon is using, since some readers got confused: this […]

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