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Nikon Nikkor 28 mm  f/ 2.8 Ai-S Lens

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Nikon Nikkor 28 mm  f/ 2.8 Ai-S lens

Optical design

Nikon Nikkor 28 mm  f/ 2.8 Ai-S optical design

Format: 35mm SLR

Type: Prime lens

Focusing: Manual Focus (MF)

Lens mounts: Nikon F (FX, DX), Nikon F (FX, DX)

First year of production: 1981

Optical design: 8 elements in 8 groups

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Average price: $273

Specifications:

Focal lengthMax. apertureMin. apertureBladesMin. Focus (m.)Filter Ø (mm.)Weight (gr/oz)Length (mm/in)
28mmf/2.8f/2270.252250/8,853/2,1

Additional information:

The Nikon Nikkor 28 mm  f/ 2.8 Ai-S  is a wide-angle lens for Nikon film and digital cameras. 

The lens is remarkable for its high sharpness, short minimum focusing distance, and almost complete absence of linear distortion.

The lens is already sharp at f/2.8 even on DX cameras. It is very sharp from f/4 onwards. The lens is well resistant to back light, but in bright light conditions there may be  drops in contrast. It is recommended to use it with the HN-2 hood (using the alternative HN-3 hood may result in vignetting at the borders of a full frame image on FX and film cameras).

Vignetting, which is invisible on DX format cameras, is discernible when wide open.

The lens features the system of Close Range Correction, which provides excellent sharpness even when focusing at a minimum distance.

Due to the use of the optical scheme comprising many elements (8 elements in 8 groups), the lens, as for its optical characteristics, excels both the previous Ai-version and  AF 28/2.8 and AF 28/2.8D lenses.

The Nikon Ai-S Nikkor 28 mm f/2.8 may be used as a kit lens on DX cameras. In this case the equivalent focal length is 42 mm.


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Posted by: identity   Date of publication: 20.09.2010



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Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 Ai-S
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Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 Ai-S
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Mechanical quality4.7717
Optical quality4.5317
Usability4.4416
Pricing / Value3.8917
Bokeh3.7516
Overall lens rating
4.28

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Owner reviews: Nikon Nikkor 28 mm  f/ 2.8 Ai-S

Seti 1.1.2000 00:00:01
Period of use: 1 month

Strengths:

Beautiful constructive, excellent design, small size. Pictures definitely better than the AF Nikkor-a. The sharp across the field, can focusing from 25 cm

Weaknesses:

Small distortions of the objects at the edges of images.

Comments:

The best Nikon's lens on 28mm