A reader sent me this message regarding several discontinued Nikkor DX lenses (thanks ZoetMB):
I was checking to see if any of the Nikon lenses that were out-of-stock at B&H a few weeks ago had come back into stock (none had) and I noticed that the following two lenses are marked “Currently Unavailable”, not “Backordered” or “More on the way”:
- Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (currently unavailable)
- Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (currently unavailable)
So then I checked the Nikon Japan site and they weren’t there. So while sometimes lenses hang around for years after Nikon stops selling them in Japan, this could still be a sign that they’re discontinued or going to soon be. So then I decided to cross-check every lens, and I found all of the following (in addition to the ones above) are no longer on the Japan website: