Nikon Advertising (Page 3): I have the Nikon gray 80-200 F2.8 VR . . . great lens. I had a Canon shooter tell me anyone who buys that lens, has Canon envy. Who cares. A good lens is a...

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Mar 10, 2015 11:06:34 #

iDeezine Loc: Missouri

I have the Nikon gray 80-200 F2.8 VR . . . great lens. I had a Canon shooter tell me anyone who buys that lens, has Canon envy. Who cares. A good lens is a good lens.

Mar 10, 2015 11:47:33 #

The Watcher

Here's what you get, if you Google white Nikon lens.

http://www.google.com/search?q=white+nikon+lens&biw=1024&bih=726&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=aRD_VISHNs_uoASv6oLoAg&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQsAQ&dpr=1.25

Mar 10, 2015 12:02:32 #

AmyJ Loc: Maryland

mdorn wrote:

I'm a little confused with this image... Can someone help me out? :-)

Most long Nikon lenses sold in Japan are light grey. Notice the nationality of most of these photographers.

Mar 10, 2015 12:27:46 #

iDeezine Loc: Missouri

Good one ! :thumbup:

Mar 10, 2015 12:31:23 #

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

AmyJ wrote:

Notice the nationality of most of these photographers.

I couldn't tell. They all look the same to me. :twisted:

Mar 10, 2015 13:04:22 #

Mondolinni Loc: Long Island, New York

Now That's Awesome!! :D

Mar 10, 2015 13:28:10 #

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

mdorn wrote:

I'm a little confused with this image... Can someone help me out? :-)

I'm missing the link or image.

Mar 10, 2015 14:33:14 #

AmyJ Loc: Maryland

OddJobber wrote:

I couldn't tell. They all look the same to me. :twisted:

Stop! Play nice...

Mar 10, 2015 14:47:10 #

brapoza Loc: Dartmouth, MA

I had a grey 300mm f4, bought it on ebay. ended up selling it cause I didn't use it much at the time. Wish I had kept it, heard they were made for the Asian market.

Mar 10, 2015 14:49:29 #

brapoza Loc: Dartmouth, MA

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1582-Rare-Nikon-Nikkor-AF-S-ED-300mm-f-2-8D-Gray-Mark-I-Lens-Excellent-/271797697381?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f4867bb65

Mar 10, 2015 15:15:52 #

Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

Maybe it's some sort of Nikon-sponsored event, and all the approved photographers are required to wear that vest, no matter what brand of camera they use.

Mar 10, 2015 17:55:34 #

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Often lenses are painted white to reduce heat absorbed, to better maintain highly accurate positioning of certain types of elements... especially with fluorite, but also ED, UD, and some reflex (mirror) designs.

Besides a few older Nikkors, Sony currently has several...

Sony 70-200/2.8 G...
http://store.sony.com/SNYNA_27/pimg/pSNYNA-SEL70200G_alternate1_v500.png

Sony 70-400mm G...
http://store.sony.com/SNYNA_27/pimg/pSNYNA-SAL70400G2_alternate2_v500.png

Sony 300/2.8 G...
http://store.sony.com/SNYNA_27/pimg/pSNYNA-SAL300F28G2_main_v500.png

Sony 500/4 G...
http://store.sony.com/SNYNA_27/pimg/pSNYNA-SAL500F40G_alternate1_v500.png

Also Sony 1.4X and 2X teleconverters to match the above.

And there have been lots from other manufacturers, too.

Minolta AF 300/2.8...
http://technolinkz.com/img/lens/main/Konica-Minolta-AF-300mm-f-2.8-APO.jpg

Minolta AF 600/4...
http://www.dyxum.com/images/Lenses/24/24_1.jpg

Konica 1000/8 Reflex...
http://collectiblend.com/Lenses/images/Konica-1000mm-f8-Reflex-Hexanon-(M39).jpg

Sigma 300/2.8 APO...
http://www.dyxum.com/images/Lenses/354/354_1.jpg

Pentax 560/5.6 ED...
http://www.vistaview360.com/cameras/images/pentax_images/pentax560-hd.jpg

Pentax-A 645 600/5.6...
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/japan/products/lens/img/img-smcpentax-as645-600.jpg

There are more. But, yeah, Canon has probably made the most white lesnes and it's become most closely associated with them.

Mar 10, 2015 18:32:19 #

hammer531 Loc: Fall River , Ma

AmyJ wrote:

Most long Nikon lenses sold in Japan are light grey. Notice the nationality of most of these photographers.

So is this what they mean by Grey Market ?

Mar 10, 2015 18:33:57 #

iDeezine Loc: Missouri

No - that's something completely different.

Mar 10, 2015 18:43:28 #

Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

Trivia: Black became the "cool" color for cameras and lenses ages ago. A French photographer was doing street shooting including prostitutes and covered his camera with black tape to make his shiny camera less noticeable to the pimps who might beat him up. With manufacturing changes we are now seeing a wide variety of camera colors including bright colors and as discussed above, white.

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