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- 28mm D-Series Wideangle lens for Nikon cameras
- 28mm
- F/2.8
- D-Series
- Auto focus
- Uses 52mm filter
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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:Standard wide-angle lens for general photography;Exceptionally light - weighs only 7.4 oz;74° coverage lets you take candids, portraits and travel photographs.
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28/2.8 D
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66 of 67 people found the following review helpful
This is an economical choice as a standard wide-angle prime lens for a Nikon 35mm SLR that can accept type D lenses. It focusses rapidly without taxing the battery very much, and, as a prime lens, gives far better resolution and colour than any zoom lens can hope to. As far as speed is concerned, its f2.8 effectively matches a 50mm f1.4, since the wider angle means you can comfortably hand-hold at 1/30 while a 50mm would require 1/60. The lens is physically compact and light, which makes it ideal for travelling.
This lens takes on a new lease of life with the advent of Nikon SLR digitals, including the D70, D100, D1X and D2H. Nikon digital SLRs have an APS format CCD, which effectively means that the field of view on a 28 mm lens is equivalent of a 42mm on regular film, while a 35mm lens is equivalent of 55mm.
This therefore puts this lens in the 40mm - 60mm equivalent range of 'normal' lenses. For 35mm film, the 50mm lens is the 'normal', being the closest to the human eye. For Nikon digital, you are left choosing between this and the 35mm lens.
One of the benefits of the smaller digital format is that aberrations and distortions at the edge of the lens are less apparent, so this is effectively a 'better' lens on digital than it is for film. However, the smaller field of view means that you need a higher hand-holding speed for a shake-free image, which makes the f2.8 maximum aperture a little annoying.
This is one of the first prime lenses I bought for my D100. It gives me a little greater field of view than the 35mm, which is often what you want, especially if you are shooting for print (which I usually am) and intend to crop later. Lens distortion can be countered in Photoshop after shooting.
Other alternatives to consider for digital are the 35mm f2 and the 28mm f1.4. If you want to make 28mm your main 'normal' lens, then the f1.4 is obviously a better choice, but it does cost three times as much. In speed terms the 35mm f2 is going to be about the same, given the narrower field of view.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
What an amazing little lens! Very light and compact, so I can take it with me anywhere and not frighten others with the larger 18-200 I usually have. Also, its field of view is similar to my eyes' ( on a DX camera, not full frame ), so I can use it at relatively close range, e.g. when in a room with friends. My 50mm- f1.8, by contrast, has too narrow a field of view and I need longer distances to get a group of people in the shot. Autofocus is fast, and low-light performance is satisfactory, given the 2.8 aperture.
Overall very happy with this purhase!
Overall very happy with this purhase!
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
I have quite a nice collection of Nikkor lenses. This is one of the best. And also one of the best-kept secrets.
This lens seems to get very little respect in the Nikon community but I've never understood why. The photos it takes on my D200 are sharp (even wide open) and have good contrast. Better still, the photos just have a really beautiful look to them. Hard to put your finger on exactly why.
I find that 28mm is a really useful focal length on DX cameras. It certainly couldn't be described as wide. Just marginally wider than normal.
Obviously the results of a good fixed focal length lens like this are always going to be in a different league to consumer-priced zoom lenses. I love using fixed focal length lenses. A lens which does get rave reviews is the 50mm F1.8. I would say the 50mm is slightly sharper, but I find the photos less pleasing.
This lens seems to get very little respect in the Nikon community but I've never understood why. The photos it takes on my D200 are sharp (even wide open) and have good contrast. Better still, the photos just have a really beautiful look to them. Hard to put your finger on exactly why.
I find that 28mm is a really useful focal length on DX cameras. It certainly couldn't be described as wide. Just marginally wider than normal.
Obviously the results of a good fixed focal length lens like this are always going to be in a different league to consumer-priced zoom lenses. I love using fixed focal length lenses. A lens which does get rave reviews is the 50mm F1.8. I would say the 50mm is slightly sharper, but I find the photos less pleasing.
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Nikon use to do better than this...
I'm not sattisfied with the quality of this product. The image quality is not of Nikon standard. I bought this for trekking, because of the weight, but should have brought my Sigma... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lars
small and sharp lens
i used this lens with Nikon d3s,and very much like this combination,the lens is very good and handy no problems at all.
Published 20 months ago by L. Sood
nikon 28mm lens
this product was exactley what I had searched for, this was the only place I could find it for a reolistic price. First class service thanks
Published 23 months ago by geoff
Good on FX and DX
I decided to give it 5 stars (not 4) as it proved equally useful on FX and DX.
Light, fair performance, inexpensive; and it is robust, too (I dropped it ... and it survived! Read more
Light, fair performance, inexpensive; and it is robust, too (I dropped it ... and it survived! Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2009 by 1972, male, civil servant, married, 2 kids
Was it a duffer??
Having just purchased this lens to complement my other Nikon lenses and avoid the use of a zoom lens for wider angle work Im sorry to say my particular lens is awful and going back... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2009 by David Warwick
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