I have been a long-time Nikkor LF lens user and still make my living with mostly Nikkor LF glass. Since Nikon is no longer making LF lenses I thought it would be helpful to have a spot for some reference information about the lenses here on the forum.
There are a few previous threads with some good info but nothing comprehensive, and nothing covering serial numbers. Which is what I started out looking for. I had a copy of the 2004 PDF of the Nikkor Large Format Lens brochure.
So I am posting a link to it here in June 2018. We'll see how long it lasts, I'll host it as long as I can. So please add any additional insight and history to this thread, it will be much appreciated!

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https://66reasons.files.wordpress.co...s-brochure.pdf

There is also endless information in the March 1998 B&H Photography Sourcebook (pages 233-235) [There's a lot of good large format camera and lens info in this publication printed in the last decades of professional Large format in every studio, I'm glad I still have a paper copy]
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https://static.bhphotovideo.com/Fram...SourceBook.pdf

To quote another interesting Nikkor thread that eventually became a testing/resolution argument: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...-Nikkor-lenses

Quote Originally Posted by Per Madsen View Post

Nikkor M = 4 elements (tessar or Apo-tessar type)
Nikkor T = telelens
Nikkor W = wide (plasmat type)
Nikkor SW = Super Wide (biogon type)
There's some info on this website as well:
Quote Originally Posted by Pfsor View Post
For those of us who do not speak Japanese - http://members.iinet.net.au/~cbird/nikkor/niklf.html