Nikkor Lenses (Catalog 2006)
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Specifications and designs are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer. © 1998-2006 NIKON CORPORATION Other Nikon product brochures Nikon offers comprehensive brochures on all of our digital imaging products. Please consult your nearest authorized dealer, or check your local Nikon website via http://nikonimaging.com/global/about/worldwide.htm D2Xs D2Hs D200 D70s D50 Total Digital COOLPIX Lineup F6 Imaging System You can also download brochures at http://www.nikonimaging.com/global/products/brochure/ Fuji Bldg., 2-3, Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8331, Japan http://nikonimaging.com/ En Printed in Japan Code No. 8CE30300 (0606/Q)K Nikkor Lenses — Seamless Performance, Abs olute Precision, and Total Reliability hen it comes to choosing photographic equipment, Nikon‘s total commitment to controlling every aspect of lens designed to function seamlessly with Nikon SLRs in a synergy such as 3D Colour Matrix Metering and i-TTL Balanced Fill- perhaps the most important decision a photographer manufacturing. By selecting only the finest raw materials and of purpose that is simply unparallelled. This is exemplified most Flash, you can be sure to find an array of Nikkor lenses that faces is which lens system to use. For the majority of employing the most advanced processing and design tech- clearly in the legendary Nikon F mount. For even the most can handle these advances too. W professional photographers, that choice is simple: niques, Nikon produces the precision-crafted lens elements that advanced Nikkor lenses incorporate this standard that has Once you see for yourself how smoothly the Nikon-Nikkor Nikkor. Why? Because Nikkor lenses offer unrivalled clarity, help you take the world’s greatest pictures. won over decades of devotees for its consistency and reliabil- combination works, chances are you’ll do what most of the sharpness, focusing accuracy, range and reliability. This no-compromise attitude toward ultrahigh-tech manufac- ity. This design also ensures that when we release revolution- world’s professional photographers do — when you The reasons for this are many, not the least of which is turing extends to performance. For each Nikkor lens is ary cameras like the Nikon F6, F5 and D2 series with features reach for a lens, it’ll be a Nikkor. DX Nikkor Lenses Fisheye & For absolute clarity and Pp.8-11 Wideangle & sharpness of detail for DX Nikkors, designed AFMicro- close-up photography. exclusively for use Normal & with Nikon DX- Micro- Format digital Pp. Nikkor Lenses PC 18-21 AF Pp. SLRs, offer digital Nikkor Lenses 28-29 Wideangle AF photographers Nikkors, including AF unprecedented Fisheye Nikkor, provide creative potential. superior depth of field and fast apertures for photojour- nalism and travel. There Zoom- Pp.12-17 are also Normal AF Nikkor Lenses Nikkors for a natural per- AF spective for diverse applica- Provide both versa- tility and portabili- tions, from landscapes to ty for every type of candid shots. Manual- photographer from beginners to pros for focus Lenses every moment. A versatile and Pp.32-33 unique selection of manual focus lenses. Accessories Telephoto AF Nikkors, including AF Suggested equipment com- Tele DC-Nikkors, AF-S Nikkors, and P. 35 binations, and accessories photo AF-S Teleconverters, create dramatic for Nikkor lenses. AFNikkor Lenses sports, wildlife, portrait photographs and everything in between. AF DC- Pp.22-27 Nikkors offer creative focusing control for exceptional portraits. 2 3 Technology ikon improved overall lens design that your Nikon camera is perature-resistance analysis. N A history of exceptional performance — and ensuring the superior compatible with most Nikkor One of these tests concerns Nikkor lenses ikon began producing lenses under the Nikkor name in 1933, and since then more performance of the finished lenses and that your Nikon the lens’ Optical Transfer product. equipment can accommo- Function (OTF), which evalu- than 35 million lenses have been sold worldwide. Throughout the years, our unwaver- Electronics — microcomputer date future system ates the resolving power and ing commitment to quality and innovation has yielded many breakthroughs in the photo- innovation for precise advances. contrast of the lens. To per- N graphic industry. For example, Nikon introduced the Nikkor Auto 24mm f/2.8 incorpo- performance Moreover, the F mount form this test, Nikon devel- rating Nikon-pioneered Close-Range Correction (CRC) system in 1967, and started The recent advances in the achieves something no other oped the exclusive Nikon production of aspherical lenses in 1968. In addition, Nikon developed ED (Extra-low computer industry play an design can — it is compati- OTF Analyser (NOA). integral role in the makeup ble with both types of lens In addition to these Dispersion) glass which made its first appearance in the 300mm f/2.8 ED Nikkor tele- as well as design of Nikkor drive systems — the conven- uncompromising tests, Nikon photo in 1972, and is now incorporated in many other Nikkors. And in 2003, Nikon lenses. For in addition to tional mechanical AF cou- technicians further guarantee produced the AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED, as the first lens optimised superior optics, each AF pling design for wideangle the performance of the final for Nikon DX-Format digital SLRs in the new DX Nikkor series. Nikkor features a built-in and standard zooms, and product by going over every These are just a few of the many achievements in lens design that exemplify Nikon’s posi- microcomputer. This micro- Nikon’s exclusive SWM detail of every finished lens. computer works with the (Silent Wave Motor) system They check and assure the tion as the world’s preeminent manufacturer of professional photographic equipment. The Nikon AF camera computer featured in the most mechanical construction, following offers in-depth technical information that will help you understand more fully that system to provide information advanced supertelephoto electronics, AF movement, Nikkor lenses provide superior performance and are thus the best match for your Nikon SLR. Optical glass that ensures fast autofocus, Nikkors. This is just one zoom and aperture mecha- raw materials Matrix exposure metering, example why the Nikon F nisms, and lens resolution. Optical design using computer Inspecting glass blocks Coating lenses Adjusting optical axis Inspecting resolution Where it all begins — types of glass. This is pre- the Nikkor lens. The lens Balanced Fill-Flash, and other mount continues to be an All of which ensures that the Nikon glassworks cisely how Nikon developed mount, too, features similar Nikon innovations in SLR per- integral part of Nikon camera lens does what it’s supposed To make the finest lens ele- Extra-low Dispersion (ED) materials. formance. equipment design. to — provide the outstanding ments, you must begin with glass in 1972 — to meet Computers and lens design Only Nikkor lenses are Reliability — lenses made optical performance and reli- the finest optical glass. To design demands for super- Nikon designers employ the designed for today's and to withstand the toughest ability that make Nikkor lens- ensure this, Nikon does what telephoto Nikkors. latest computers and Nikon- tomorrow’s Nikon SLR cam- conditions es the pro’s choice the world few makers can — it manu- Lens construction developed software to deter- eras, based on information Each Nikkor lens is manufac- over. factures the glass for nearly The peerless craftsmanship mine the optical design of and insight available exclu- tured to meet the most strin- all Nikkor lenses in its own of Nikkor lens elements each lens. Using this data sively within Nikon — includ- gent requirements in the glassworks. This means our is matched by the structures together with their accumu- ing autofocusing parameters. industry. The optical glass is lens designers have over that house them. Only lated experience, they create No other lens maker can pro- scrutinised to assure it is free 200 types of glass to choose the best materials are the finest SLR lenses avail- vide this type of assurance. of imperfections, whereupon from, giving them an excep- used for the mechanical able. The Nikon F lens mount — it is then remelted, cast, tional variety from which to construction of each lens. Computer-aided design a tradition of continuity ground, polished and hard- select just the right optical Fine metal alloys and simulation is also used to and forward compatibility coated to emerge as one of glass for their requirements. polycarbonates make up ensure the utmost precision The debut of the original the world’s finest lens ele- Moreover, when these the helicoids in some in the optical and mechanical Nikon F also marked the ments. After being precisely requirements demand lens lenses. Inner and outer parts of each lens as well as introduction of what is per- mounted in lens barrels, the properties not yet available, sleeves are tooled with the quality of the lens assem- haps its most significant lens elements and their the glass technicians work to maximum precision, result- bly process. In this way, com- technological innovation — assemblies undergo a bat- find a solution — which often ing in the smooth lens puters can identify problem- the Nikon F lens mount. This tery of tests and inspections, results in engineering new movement that characterises atic areas thus leading to legendary design ensures including vibration and tem- 4 5 Designed to be the best lenses in the world ED glass — ness and contrast even at Nano Crystal Coat Nikon employs three optical movement is limited to camera bodies. This then handheld an essential element their largest apertures. In this types of aspherical lens ele- the interior of the nonextend- makes possible advances like shooting at of Nikkor telephoto lenses way, Nikkor’s ED-series lens- Nano Crystal Coat is an anti- ments.Precision-ground ing lens barrel.