"Here, let me take you through the rest of what you're seeing on our lenses." He reached over and got the AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. "Okay, so a Roman numeral II on a lens means second generation of that lens-and that's all it means." "From the product description at NikonUSA or the manual for the lens." "Right," he said, "and it features VR II technology." It's the second generation of the AF-S 200mm. "Like this one," I said, indicating the 200mm lens I was holding. The Roman numeral you see in the printed name and on the lens barrel means the second generation of that particular lens." "There is a second generation of VR image stabilization technology that allows hand-holding the camera at up to four stops slower, but that designation appears in lens instruction booklets, on spec sheets and with lens information at NikonUSA. I see the Roman numeral II after VR in the written description of this lens, and after the G on the lens barrel, and I take it to mean that this lens offers the second generation of VR technology." "That, too," I said, "but in this case, it's the VR II designation. I picked up the AF-S NIKKOR 200mm f/2G ED VR II. My timing was perfect: on a side table were several NIKKORs. As a writer and editor in the photo industry, I'm well aware of Lindsay's expertise. But what I see on a NIKKOR lens can be another matter, and that's what brought me not long ago to the office of Nikon senior technical manager Lindsay Silverman.
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