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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 796838" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>My youngest AIS lens is over 15 years old and some date to the early to mid 80's and when I look at the lenses of today, even the higher quality ones, I am very disappointed. Gone is that traditional Nikon quality "feel" that Nikons became world famous for. Something Canon, Minolta, Olympus, Pentax or any of the other major lens makers were never able to achieve. They tried, but none ever quite succeeded. I could take my older 300mm f/4.5 AIS non-IF Nikkor, turn the focusing helicoid to the minimum distance, place it on the table and watch the weight of the interal sleeve slowly and smoothly turn the helicoid to infinity. It would stop with an audible muted click when it hit the infinity stop. No one, including Nikon, makes them to that standard any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>