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<blockquote data-quote="JoeLewisPhotography" data-source="post: 18746" data-attributes="member: 3571">(Edit, jdeg beat me to it)Looks like 1959.Found a pic of the exact lens with the following description here..<a href="http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/6070nikkor/telephoto/135mm.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/6070nikkor/telephoto/135mm.htm</a>[FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica]Non-Ai&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [/FONT][FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica]135mm&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; f/3.5[/FONT][FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Nikkor-Q Auto telephoto lens&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; One of the earliest batch of Nikkor lenses introduced along with Nikon F in 1959&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; was a 13.5cm f/3.5 Nikkor-Q Auto telephoto lens. [/FONT]<a href="http://cameraquest.com/NFTICK.htm" target="_blank">[FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica]Stephen&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Gandy[/FONT]</a>[FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; at Cameraquest has a very detailed description of these lenses which he termed&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; them as &quot;Tick-Mark &quot; (??) lenses. As I don't intend to duplicate&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; resources on the network, if you are interested, you may use Stephen's site as the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; reference for those lenses. All these 135mm lenses have subsequently went through&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; a few rounds of improvement rather than seeing any changes optically where it still&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; stuck to a straight forward 4 elements in 3 groups optical construction.[/FONT]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoeLewisPhotography, post: 18746, member: 3571"] (Edit, jdeg beat me to it) Looks like 1959. Found a pic of the exact lens with the following description here.. [URL]http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/6070nikkor/telephoto/135mm.htm[/URL] [FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B] Non-Ai [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff0000][B]135mm f/3.5[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][B] Nikkor-Q Auto telephoto lens [/B] One of the earliest batch of Nikkor lenses introduced along with Nikon F in 1959 was a 13.5cm f/3.5 Nikkor-Q Auto telephoto lens. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://cameraquest.com/NFTICK.htm"][FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica][SIZE=2][B]Stephen Gandy[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=arial, verdana, geneva, helvetica][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000] at [I]Cameraquest[/I] has a very detailed description of these lenses which he termed them as "[I]Tick-Mark [/I]" (??) lenses. As I don't intend to duplicate resources on the network, if you are interested, you may use Stephen's site as the reference for those lenses. All these 135mm lenses have subsequently went through a few rounds of improvement rather than seeing any changes optically where it still stuck to a straight forward 4 elements in 3 groups optical construction.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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