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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 113761" data-attributes="member: 12827">All of my Nikon lenses are AI or AIS Nikkors and use them both on my film cameras and D700. I have no use for autofocus personally so I am fortunate in that I can find older Nikkors at excellent prices. The same goes for my Hasselblad. The quality of the AI and AIS Nikkors is legendary, both optically and especially, mechanically.The older ones were built with a different mentality; to produce the absolute best lens for the money instead of just the most profitable, manufacturing shortcuts be damned. I remember the furor which erupted when Nikon substituted plastic for metal on the aperture ring of their Series E lenses. Now Nikon actually makes the BAYONET on some lenses out of plastic. My jaw dropped so hard it broke my big toe when I found that out. To my mind, that is absolutely unacceptable. 25 years from now, the older Nikkors will still be making images, assuming Nikon does not change the mount. I wonder how many of today's lenses will be able to say the same. Not many I am betting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 113761, member: 12827"] All of my Nikon lenses are AI or AIS Nikkors and use them both on my film cameras and D700. I have no use for autofocus personally so I am fortunate in that I can find older Nikkors at excellent prices. The same goes for my Hasselblad. The quality of the AI and AIS Nikkors is legendary, both optically and especially, mechanically. The older ones were built with a different mentality; to produce the absolute best lens for the money instead of just the most profitable, manufacturing shortcuts be damned. I remember the furor which erupted when Nikon substituted plastic for metal on the aperture ring of their Series E lenses. Now Nikon actually makes the BAYONET on some lenses out of plastic. My jaw dropped so hard it [I]broke my big toe [/I]when I found that out. To my mind, that is absolutely unacceptable. 25 years from now, the older Nikkors will still be making images, assuming Nikon does not change the mount. I wonder how many of today's lenses will be able to say the same. Not many I am betting. [/QUOTE]

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