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Whats Nikons high end lenses called?
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warner3020
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Expensive!
if it has good optics and gets the image you want who the hell cares (besides canonites and equipment snobs... it seems many are one in the same) what the designation is?
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AlvinL
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lol
Vandyu
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The Best!
Jedi;
Nikon does not have any specific designations of its different lens categories. As a general rule, the higher quality lenses will have more ED type elements in their construction, but there are no hard and fast rules with Nikon lenses.
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Nikon does not have any specific designations of its different lens categories. As a general rule, the higher quality lenses will have more ED type elements in their construction, but there are no hard and fast rules with Nikon lenses.
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Rockwell1916
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Nikon, we call them a 2nd mortgage. Canon lenses, you have to sell your first born. 
Generally, f2.8 is where the lenses get serious. if they start with f3.5 they generally are the cheaper ones, but many of those take very good pictures. There are others that don't follow those rules but as soon as you see the price you know it's not meant for the average consumer.
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JeffryZ
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They put an extra "0" in the price tag.
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something with a gold ring and a whole bunch of letters stringed afterwards...afs swm ed g n
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nikonwiz338
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any lens that is put in the hands of a capable photographer should be "pro".
but generally any prime or f/2.8 zoom (i would consider the 200-400 f/4 and 12-24 f/4 to be professional too). they have a gold ring around them.
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but generally any prime or f/2.8 zoom (i would consider the 200-400 f/4 and 12-24 f/4 to be professional too). they have a gold ring around them.
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digital4dummies.com
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Well, if you're comparing directly with Canon, Nikon makes only high end lenses, so no additional identifier is needed.
Just kidding.
Dave
Just kidding.
Dave
Nikon has it's fair share of klunkers. Much of the consumer lenses of the early AF era, for instance. I don't think I'd touch a 28-80, even on my older film cameras.
How about the Pronea lens line? I don't think there's anything of value in those lenses.
Canon's "L" moniker was originally for "L"ow dispersion glass. It's also a hold over from the earlier "FL" or Florite lens moniker back in the early Canon days. Now, it simply means "Luxury" (ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_L_lens ).
Nikon's corresponding moniker has been "ED," for "E"xtra Low "D"ispersion glass. Historically, the use of low or extra low disersion glass has been very expensive to manufacture and produce lenses with. Canon, Nikon and others used this material only in it's top end lenses. This glass is needed to keep chromatic aberation under control, especially in lenses with many elements (not much of a problem in a typical 4-element Zeiss Tessar inspired prime lens design, but move to a wide range telephoto zoom with 14 elements, and things get nasty without low dispersion glass).
However, Nikon's been able to reduce production costs to allow low dispersion glass in even it's lowest price-point lenses. Even the lowly 18-55G kit lens has ED lens elements in it.
For more, see "Nikon Lens Technology" here:
http://nikonimaging.com/global/technology/nikkor/index.htm
Hope this helps,
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So many posts yet only a few answers, such a shame for what once was a very good forum.
Youngjedi, as noted Nikon does not catagorize its lenses with a designatipon such as Canon does with it's "L" or "Luxury" glass.
If you go to this site:
http://www.canogacamera.com/lenses_nikon.aspx
and look at the pro Nikkors this will give you a good start.
There was a time when only Pro glass had AF-S or Silent wave motors for fast quiet focusing, and the better glass had ED elements. Today even level entry glass uses ED elements and all new lenses are AF-S so you can typically tell by the price. The very good consumer 18-70 lens can be had for around $300 where the pro 17-55 goes for $1,200. The difference is faster glass (As noted usually f2.8 or F4), excellent build quality using more metal and less plastic and most important the results are sharper images even shooting wide open. (at f2.8 etc.)
The faster glass allows you to shoot at a faster fstop across the entire zoom range. Nikons 70-200mm vr is a 2.8 lens. No matter what focal length I shoot, 70, 135 or 200mm i can shoot at a fast f2.8. Pro lenses with fast f stops also allow the autofocus engine to focus faster since more light is hotting the autofocus sensor.
Good Luck,
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Youngjedi, as noted Nikon does not catagorize its lenses with a designatipon such as Canon does with it's "L" or "Luxury" glass.
If you go to this site:
http://www.canogacamera.com/lenses_nikon.aspx
and look at the pro Nikkors this will give you a good start.
There was a time when only Pro glass had AF-S or Silent wave motors for fast quiet focusing, and the better glass had ED elements. Today even level entry glass uses ED elements and all new lenses are AF-S so you can typically tell by the price. The very good consumer 18-70 lens can be had for around $300 where the pro 17-55 goes for $1,200. The difference is faster glass (As noted usually f2.8 or F4), excellent build quality using more metal and less plastic and most important the results are sharper images even shooting wide open. (at f2.8 etc.)
The faster glass allows you to shoot at a faster fstop across the entire zoom range. Nikons 70-200mm vr is a 2.8 lens. No matter what focal length I shoot, 70, 135 or 200mm i can shoot at a fast f2.8. Pro lenses with fast f stops also allow the autofocus engine to focus faster since more light is hotting the autofocus sensor.
Good Luck,
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HENNIGArts
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That means all Nikon lenses. ;-)
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