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Sold: Vintage Nikon Glass - Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI Lens

  
 
uintaangler
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p.1 #1 · Sold: Vintage Nikon Glass - Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI Lens


     Great build quality and lighter than a modern 200mm



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Price: $134.00
Payment method: PayPal
Item condition: 9 Shows signs of use, but very clean
Shipping instructions: CONUS shipping is included


Includes both Nikon Caps and this one has a built in retractable lens hood.
Excellent condition all the way around - both the lens itself and the glass.
No problems I can detect with the naked eye and makes nice images on my Z7.
Great for hand holding as it is considerably lighter than any of the modern 200mm telephotos.





Nikkor 200mm AI






Nikkor 200mm AI






Nikkor 200mm AIS






Nikkor 200mm AI



Edited on Dec 25, 2025 at 02:47 PM · View previous versions



Dec 14, 2025 at 06:12 PM
uintaangler
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p.1 #2 · Sold: Vintage Nikon Glass - Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI Lens


Here's what Bjorn Rorslett has to say about this lens in his extensive review of all the vintage Nikkor glass out there....

The latest versions (AI & AIS) of this slender, nicely-handling and unobtrusive telephoto are optical gems. It's impressively sharp even wide open and attains peak performance already from f/5.6 onwards. Beyond f/16 the quality gracefully declines. It works great with extension tubes and also with close-up lenses great results can be achieved. As common with true telephoto designs it is susceptible to flare, but ghosting rarely is a problem with it. The AIS version which is the slimmest of the two focuses most smoothly, whilst the AI lens has a markedly stiffer focusing action. They both share the same optical formula, though.

Link: http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_short.html



Dec 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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p.1 #3 · Sold: Vintage Nikon Glass - Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI Lens


I believe that is an AI lens, not an AI-S

You can check the serial # here:

http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#200

Cheers

Doug



Dec 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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p.1 #4 · Sold: Vintage Nikon Glass - Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI Lens


graytrekker wrote:
I believe that is an AI lens, not an AI-S

You can check the serial # here:

http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#200

Cheers

Doug


Hey Doug,

My serial number is: 844425, so you are correct that it is an AI lens

I always thought the little protruding tab on the bottom of the rotating aperture collar meant it was AI_S

Thanks,
Bob




Dec 25, 2025 at 02:47 PM







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