Nikon One Thousand Nights. History of 98 designs.

[usonian]

https://imaging.nikon.com/imaging/information/story/

I found this today, and as a former optical engineer, it's a treasure trove of how these lenses were designed. Most before computer ray tracing and design.

Tech level is extreme. But tell me what products are documented to the level of the designer (named) and the iterations they made?

Some of my fav lenses are not included (sob) but many are.

This is on the level of "Photographic Lenses" by Neblette, which has theory and design diagrams for a vast array of lenses (you may have owned some) up to about 1980 (guessing) when computers did a lot of the designs, which looked little like the "classics"

Lens design is an area where it really is interesting to see the history and evolution.

Not for everyone, but some of you may enjoy.

[George McGovern]

1. I once had an 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G for my D300 (FF equiv. 27-300mm).

That was an amazing range. No need for a second lens, nor camera. Great Lens!
Thanks usonian.

[HAB911]

2. Excellent!

I have the #13 (old) f8 and just love the "defocused image" bokeh.