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Oh no!  No "O"!  Another mis-engraved Nikkor.

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I picked up a 200-600mm f/9.5-10.5 and it is hilarious for several different reasons.

It is huge.



It's actually about the size of my arm.



The design is pretty rare, about 1600 made, and this version (marked in mm instead of cm) is rarer still, with about 300 made.



It has some pretty engraving:



But it has not just one engraving error:



But two!  This is my favorite engraving error I've seen.



I'm lens mad in the USA so who am I to judge?

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Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 AI

Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 AI-S ('81-'05)
This sample circa '81.



Filter size: 52mm
Close focus distance: 1 foot or 0.3 meter
Aperture range: f/2.8 - f/22
Aperture blades: 7
Depth of field scale for f/4, f/8-f/22 plus IR focusing index.
Design: 5 elements in 5 groups

This lens is easily confused with the earlier 35mm f/2.8 which has 6 elements in 6 groups. Get the early K non-AI version if you want the older design, and get the AI-S version if you want the newer design. AI versions can have either design, and you need to look at the focusing rings to tell the difference. The older design has a step between the barrel and the focusing ring, they are level on the new one.





I don't think there will be noticeable differences in the performance, but we'll see when I try the other design.

I don't have a lot to say about the 35mm f/2.8. It's small, it's cheap, it performs well. I do really like it close up at wide apertures, it has pleasing out-of-focus areas. It handles flare very well.

More information:
Ken Rockwell
MIR

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