Nikkor Lens Letters ?

klop

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• Mar 4, 2016

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At the risk of sounding ignorant, some nikkor lenses I have seen (older lenses) have a letter or letters after Nikkor on the lens ring...... What is the significance?

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F-mount

... Tres (3), Quattuor (4), Penta (5), Hex (6), Septem (7), Octo (8), Novem (9), UnDecim (11), QuattuorDecim (14) and Penta-Decem (15) ...

designating the number of optical elements in the design

 

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Thank You, link answers everything.......