Alan53

Mirror lenses are generally hollow tubes with mirrors and a few elements at either end, therefore quite light. The Solid Cat was a physically shorter mirror lens that was basically solid glass...

No it’s not. Obviously it wouldn’t fit an EF mount camera. Note the word “primarily” in my post.

MrTokura implied the RF lenses were shorter because of the mount. I pointed out that’s not the MAIN...

And they were produced at f1.4

Go back 3K yrs to Ecclesiastes 5:10

“A lover of silver will never be satisfied with silver, nor a lover of wealth with income. This too is futility.”

Today photographers call it GAS

If you look at competing APS-C systems with similar lenses you have Fujifilm version priced around £980 and Sony at £1069 (both reduced further with offers), older fading systems such as Canon...

Sorry Mr Tokura, the short lengths of the RF 70-200mm lenses, while very welcome, are not primarily because of the large diameter/short flange-back of the RF mount. They are short because of the...

If you really want to go the full retro route with manual focus lenses, you can either adapt old AIS lenses, or adapt Zeiss Loxia lenses (full frame e mount manual focus lenses).

The picture was further confused by different names in Japan, Europe, and the Americas. Entry level 100/500/300 models were named Rebel in the Americas, Kiss in Japan, and there were variations...

Just in the interests of historical accuracy, the EOS-3 didn’t “sit between the EOS-5 and EOS-1 models” – it replaced the EOS-5, although both models were available at the same time for a while....

Agreed the ergonomics of a pancake lens are a compromise, but without the aperture ring there wouldn’t be a mk.2 of the 27mm lens.

Polite?

"Maximize profit"? More like shooting themselves in the foot. I suspect upsetting customers is more likely to reduce profits, as well as further tarnish the name.

"Grey Market" goods are manufactured and sold by Nikon, are they not? They won't service them even if you pay?
Are you prepared to accept that level of service? Or have you bought your last Nikon?

Scammers? Just because my 1st ever wideangle lens was a 30mm Lydith costing around £20 new, and they want €876? Scammers?

Equal treatment for all - no couplings for anyone.

Taken by journalists, what do you expect? We'll see soon enough how photographers use it.

This looks really beautiful and I'm sure they will fulfil their "promise that we will deliver you the best possible camera in its class". I still have a couple of old manual focus Pentax lenses...