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When the AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED has:
  • 12 elements in 10 groups; including:
    - two ED elements
    - two aspherical elements; and
    - some Nano Crystal Coat-deposited lens elements​
... will it cost the same as, or perhaps more than, the AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II? The latter has:
  • 21 elements in 16 groups; including:
    - 7 ED elements
    - some Nano Crystal Coat-deposited lens elements; and​
  • vibration reduction

I cannot help feeling that the 70-200 mm is a lot more lens for the money, or are aspherical elements that much more expensive?
 
I would assume that aspherical lens elements cost both more to develop and produce due to their increased complexity. The end result should be a lens with a flatter MTF curve without the usual falling off towards the periphery....a more noticeable problem at shorter focal lengths. It'll be less advantage on a crop sensored body but full frame users should benefit.

Designing asphericals into zooms would help reduce the amount of glass in there allowing some size reduction and consequently ending up with a lighter piece of kit.

But, you have to pay the piper.

20 years ago, mobile phones weighed close to a kilo...a lot more phone for your money?

Bob
 
Easy answer.Lens manufacturers are taking the Mick. Nikon know that the D3,and its variants, are reaming Canon and are pricing the lenses accordingly..................:thumbsdown:
 
Canon Bob said:
... But, you have to pay the piper. ...
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Call me a cynic, but might the piper have noticed how much their discontinued 28mm f/1.4 AF-D are changing hands for and used that to set a market price?
 
How about demand?

I bet they make & sell more 70-200mm lenses in a year than they do 24mm F1.4 lenses. So the production run costs of the 24mm will be higher.
 
PickleB said:
Call me a cynic, but might the piper have noticed how much their discontinued 28mm f/1.4 AF-D are changing hands for and used that to set a market price?
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I'd doubt that Nikon use the secondhand market as the meter to set their new-product pricing....
 
Someone made another suggestion to me today; Nikon need to recover the cost of R&D put into developing a new lens and, as a well-know web reviewer says, this 'is Nikon's first ultrafast 24mm lens, ever'.
 
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