Comments on: This Is How Your DSLR Lenses Are Made

By: Gunnar Rathbun

Gunnar Rathbun — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:35:00 +0000

i wanna know what kinda discounts these people get on glass?? haha

but i preferred this one to the Sigma video and though i would like a “How It’s Made” episode on how they make everything form the D4 to glass this video made every lens feel like it was a personal project for every worker and not just made by a machine overlooked by a guy at a desk who’s half asleep.. makes me feel a little bit more at ease for the thousands in lenses i buy hah

By: Albi Kl

Albi Kl — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:59:00 +0000

Agreed. This is just a marketing video.

By: Simon Lynch

Simon Lynch — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:19:00 +0000

It’s more a “How do they make Nikon glass”.

Afterward they ship those to another plant to be polished, balanced, coated and what not.

No lenses being made here! ;)

By: J TM

J TM — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:42:00 +0000

I can appreciate the “artistic” quality of this video (shallow DOF, narrow field of view, etc…), but I’d really prefer to see a more informative version of the lens manufacturing process.

Look up “Canon Lens Production” on YouTube, and you’ll see what I mean. Of course, I would assume the Nikon process is reasonably similar, but it would be cool to see nonetheless.

***EDIT***

I just watched the Sigma video directly underneath this post on the homepage, and it’s the same type of artsy video. What, did they hire the same company to film it? I’ll bet most of us on Fstoppers would prefer some actual substance rather than cheesy music and bokeh.

By: Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:29:00 +0000

makes my buyer’s remorse for spending 2 grand on my 24-70 instantly disappear!

kidding of course, i’ve loved that lens since day one.

By: Tomas Ramoska

Tomas Ramoska — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:15:00 +0000

I want to see how they produces camera sensors lol. Good place to start Sony and Toshiba sites.