Re: "Official" Nikon 500 f/5.6E PF Discussion and Image Thread
ilkka_nissila wrote:
It is not unusual for it to be difficult to estimate the demand for a lens, also the initial demand is usually high and after the first year's surge, it declines to almost halt. From a production perspective, it is best to be able to manufacture the lens at a steady rate over the course of its lifetime because then they don't have to train extra personnel to manufacture a lens during the initial surge and then throw away this training when the lens is no longer in demand. Other high-profile long primes have also experienced long wait times in the first years of availability; this was also the case for the Canon lightweight IS II generation, if I recall correctly.
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Logic would say all of the above may be true. However, the majority, if not all of these lenses were pre-ordered in early to late August.
This should have given Nikon more than ample time evaluate the demand and respond by adjusting their manufacturing
schedule. When I posed this question to a rep at Nikon they offered the usual response. “ I don’t know”
Not having the lens is not as nearly frustrating as dealing with a major company that continually says things like “ we don’t know”. or “ We don’t have that information”.
Al
Nov 14, 2018 at 06:35 PM
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