Imaging recource: Patent shows off Nikon 300mm f/2.8 fluorite lens and potential new manufacturing method

    It should be no surprise to those who keep up with Nikon’s exotics that the 300mm f/2.8 lens is due for a fluorite element update. Now, fuel has been added to the fluorite fire with a recently-published patent for a 300mm f/2.8 FL lens. Nikon has already updated the 400mm f/2.8, 500mm f/4 and 600mm f/4 lenses, in addition to releasing an 800mm f/5.6 fluorite element supertelephoto optic in recent years, leaving the 300mm f/2.8 as the longest fast telephoto prime in Nikon’s lineup to not utilize a fluorite element. Before we get...
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