Nikon have announced a new 85mm lens, the medium telephoto AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G.
The new optic replaces the older screw-drive AF-D 85mm f/1.8, bringing Nikon’s f/1.8 range up to date with Silent Wave Motor focusing technology.
Weight is around 350g, making it much lighter than the f/1.4 version, and the lens will perform with full autofocus [...]
Nikon has issued a press release, proudly announcing that 65 million Nikkor lenses have been made.
TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of NIKKOR interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras reached sixty-five million at the beginning of October 2011.
In 1959, Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) released its first SLR camera, the [...]
So it seems the people running Nikon’s Imaging website jumped the gun a little, and the previously mentioned page for the new Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.8 lens has been taken down.
Never mind – we have backups.
There’s a PDF of the saved lens details page: AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f:1.8G.pdf
And a PDF of the sample images page: [...]
Confused by AF vs. AF-S, VR, ED-IF, D vs G etc? We’ve posted a new article explaining the differences: Nikon Lens Naming Decoded. All the most common items are there, it will soon be completed with the more esoteric markings.
