 | Nikon 35mm f/2D AF Wide-Angle Nikkor Lens for Nikon 35mm and Digital SLR Cameras |
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Product Description
Nikon is a precision optical company with worldwide manufacturing, research and marketing capabilities. The Nikon name is equated with extraordinary photographic performance, innovation, precision and optical quality.PRODUCT FEATURES:Versatile wide-angle lens for a broad range of uses;Perfect lens for the photographer on the go;Fast f/2 maximum aperture makes this ideal for low light, hand-held shooting.
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer Description
Lens-making is an art--Nikon artisans craft Nikkor optics from the finest materials, taking pride in adding their intellect and technique to bring the world's finest lenses to life. They push the leading edge of lens-making in their effort to provide the "glass" that makes the world's greatest pictures.
AF Nikkor lenses work with Nikon SLRs for optimal performance, even the very latest. The Nikon 35mm f2D AF Nikkor is a compact, lightweight wide-angle lens constructed with superb optical design for architecture, wedding, and landscape photography. It features 62-degree (44-degree with Nikon DX format) picture coverage with edge-to-edge sharpness. The perfect lens for the photographer on the go, the fast f2 maximum aperture makes this ideal for low light, hand-held shooting. It also weighs an exceptionally light 7.2 ounces and boasts a 0.85-foot close focusing distance.
Nikon Super Integrated Coating ensures exceptional performance
To enhance the performance of its optical lens elements, Nikon employs an exclusive multilayer lens coating that helps reduce ghost and flare to a negligible level. Nikon Super Integrated Coating achieves a number of objectives, including minimized reflection in the wider wavelength range and superior color balance and reproduction. Nikon Super Integrated Coating is especially effective for lenses with a large number of elements, like our Zoom-Nikkors. Also, Nikon's multilayer coating process is tailored to the design of each particular lens. The number of coatings applied to each lens element is carefully calculated to match the lens type and glass used, and also to assure the uniform color balance that characterizes Nikkor lenses. This results in lenses that meet much higher standards than the rest of the industry.
Distance information
D-type and G-type Nikkors relay subject-to-camera distance information to AF Nikon camera bodies. This then makes possible advances like 3D Matrix Metering and 3D Multi-Sensor Balanced Fill-Flash. Note: D-type and G-type Nikkors provide distance information to the following cameras: Auto exposure; F6, F5, F100, F90X, F80, F75, F70, F65, F60, F55, F50, Pronea S, Pronea 600i, D2 series, D1 series, D100 and D70s/D70. Flash control; F6, F5, F100, F90X, F80, F75, F70, D2 series, D1 series, D100, and D70s/D70 cameras.
What's in the Box:
Lens, 52mm snap-on front lens cap, rear lens cap LF-1.
Customer Reviews
Sharp and Light
I needed a lens that is small and decreases the overall bulk of the camera. This lens is the one. It has a wide range of applications...I use it for candid photography, portraits, landscapes, and architecturals. It can even focus as close as 5 inches from the subject to the front of the lens barrel. It is moderately sharp compared to a 35mm Summicron lens, which is the very best there is. It's nowhere near as flat as the famous Pentax "pancake" lens, or the excellent Minolta 45mm pancake lens, but it weighs the same. I recommend this lens if you want to travel light and not give up any quality.
For DX, this is THE lens
The 50mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.4 are great, but if you're shooting DX you need this focal length. Because of the crop factor on DX cameras, 35mm is the "true" normal lens, and I can't figure out why more people don't own this lens in place of the 50mm 1.8... sure, the 35mm 1.8 is a lot cheaper, and it's fantastic, but it's a telephoto on DX, perfect for portraits but frustrating for everyday shots. You simply can't go wrong with this lens. I just upgraded to an FX camera, D700, and now I have a great wide angle prime. It is built like the 50mm 1.4, vs. the more plasticky 1.8.
If you can afford just one lens for your DX camera, or if you can afford just one prime lens aside from your kit lens, get this one, you won't regret it.
Consumer build with great optics
I purchased this excellent optic to fill the need for a fast lens that was less expensive than the great 17-55. The 35 f2 fits the bill superbly. The build is good, but not up to pro standards, the the optical performance is. This is a very sharp, lightweight lens with a very fast F2 maximum aperture.
The only thing is that you have to zoom with your feet a few steps forward or backward in most instances to equal a much more expensive zoom. For that trade-off, you get a slightly sharper, faster, lighter solution. Great for travel. Leave it on most of the time.
This lens focuses very close for a non macro allowing stunning flower shots with beautiful bokeh. I also use it along with my 85 f1.4 for portrait shots. You have to get really close, but that's a special perspective. It has a wonderful color rendition as well as being very contrasty. I would put it slightly less than the 85 f1.4, but it's a third the price.
The only downside is that it is an AFD lens and won't autofocus with the D40, D40x, or D60, but is extremely fast focusing on a D80 or D300. One upside is that if you decide to move to FX (full frame) digital photography, this lens will work nicely.
In summary, the Nikon 35 f2 is a real bargain, especially for those of us who prefer the quality of top notch prime lenses.
