Nikon Lens gold band

[Edalongthepacific]

What is the significance of Nikon lenses that have the full gold band around them? Are they all "G" lenses?

[sean mills]

None.

'G' means no aperture ring.

Gold ring 'means' nothing really. Just decoration. G has nothing to do with gold, only the aperture being internal and controlled by the body. The PCE lenses have gold rings, and they are not G lenses.

You could say the gold ring means 'premium' or 'professional', but there are plenty of nikkors with the gold ring that I wouldn't hold to that standard.

[telyt]

What is the significance of Nikon lenses that have the full gold band around them?

I don't know about now but it used to mean the lens includes an ED element.

[rethmeier]

Gold means more expensive!

[BernardLanguillier]

It is Nikon version of L lenses... but they forgot to give them a recognizable name...

Some day Nikon will start to do marketing. :-)

Cheers,
Bernard