Nikon's own press releases. they didn't identify which cameras and which
lenses they had trouble getting.

Herb....
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> Are you guys sure about this?  I think Nikon at least USED to make their
> own glass, and it is hard to believe that somebody else makes ED glass
> for Nikon when nobody seems to know exactly how it is made.
>
> It's of course possible that Nikon does not make ALL its own glass.
> Everybody is struggling to find cheaper sources of mass-market photo
> equipment to the extent that there is one Nikon lens that everyone is
> pretty sure is actually a rebadged Tamron or some such.  I seem to
> recall Pentax possibly doing the same thing at the really cheap end.


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