First I asked you to use your imagination and define some new Z lenses that weren't in the lineup, and which you wanted available. Then I asked all of you to vote on your top three choices from the 44 lenses that got suggested. It was interesting that none of you got into the realm of ridiculous or impossible-to-design lenses. All 44 of the suggested lenses are ones that can be made. Only a few would be somewhat challenging optical designs to get right in the Z mount.
After the first 250 votes, the results are already reasonably clear, but they're probably not what Nikon was expecting ;~).
I wrote that I thought I knew what the results would be. Here's what I thought before your results started coming in: (1) DX lenses (buzz, buzz); (2) different macro options; (3) more telephoto choice.
So, was I right? Here are the top eight choices, graphed against the average and median.
Bingo.
Indeed, five of the six DX lenses were above the average response, and four of them were significantly so (the other two frequent DX requests were the 8-16mm f/4 DX and the 16-60mm f/4 compact DX). Only four macro lenses were in the suggested list, but half of them made it into the top 3! And as with DX, there were several telephoto lenses lurking just beyond the top eight.
Note that six of the top eight were twice as preferred as the average lens in the list, and the other two were close to that. But our winner? The 70-200mm f/4 at almost four times the average response.
Of the top eight, I'm only sure that one of them will actually be made (the 85mm f/1.2). The 70-200mm f/4 might get made. The rest are outside of Nikon's likely "vision."
