How to check the age of a nikon lens
what I was going to say, the condition is most important. 
Joves wrote:
He is just trying to help with what the real priority should be. While it is nice to know when it was made, it means nothing to the end use of it. In my opinion though most of the older primes are built far better than the newer ones for durability.
How so? Are you talking from build quality or optics?
effron wrote:
Screamin Scott wrote: A lot less that can fail on the older mechanical lenses as opposed to newer electronic models.
That's the gospel...I've seen older and modern af lenses both disassembled and its amazing what they pack into a modern lens....
Yeah I have found out what I could break on one of the newer lenses when disassembling it. I had one 18-105 that was dead anyhow, and took it apart to try, and see if I could get it functional again. Nope those little electronic ribbons are really fragile.
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