Nikon has announced that it will be introducing a new fixed focal length, super-telephoto 800mm NIKKOR lens. The lens will have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 and be compatible with Nikon FX-format cameras.
Schematic from a Nikon patent for the new lens.
This lens will be on display at Photokina 2012 – one of the world’s largest photo and imaging exhibitions – which will be held in Cologne, Germany from September 18–23, 2012.
The discontinued Nikkor 800mm f/5.6 IF-ED.
The patent for this new lens was filed in March 2010 and released October last year.
At the moment, the longest telephoto lens from Nikon is the AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR.
Previously, there was the Nikkor 800mm f/5.6 IF-ED which was announced in September 1986 but discontinued in December 2005.
Tags: 800mm, FX, lens, NIKKOR, Nikon, Photokina 2012, super-telephoto, worldwide
This would have come in useful for shooting the London Olympics. But guess it won’t be ready yet 🙁
Yes, won’t it? Actually there was some speculation beforehand that it would be available for the Olympics. But as it is now, even for Photokina in September, there’ll just be display units.