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Re: Finding A 300mm f/4.5 AI ED (non-IF)
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2021, 10:29:03 »
Thank you  ;D
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Re: Finding A 300mm f/4.5 AI ED (non-IF)
« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2021, 14:46:51 »
Anyone knows why the lens had such a short production run?

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Re: Finding A 300mm f/4.5 AI ED (non-IF)
« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2021, 17:11:00 »
My best guess is that the IF Internal Focusing versions of all the long lenses stopped production of the old versions.
Nikon did this vith the 300mm f/2.8 as the first IF lens in 1977 at the same time as the 300mm f/4.5 got an ED element,,, So evolution
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