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Christmas Present: Nikkor lens
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:40 pmby joey
I want to get myself wide-angle Nikkor for Christmas present.
If I could afford 17-35mm, I would have bought this lens but it's out of my budget. Instead, I decided to buy a 35mm AF-D F/2 fixed focal length lens.
Is this a good lens?
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:43 pmby Glen
Yes it is. I have one and very happy. Maybe you could buy the 17-35 for me with the money you are saving on yourself?
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:44 pmby fozzie
joey - here is a website with shots taken with this lens:
http://www.pbase.com/cameras/nikon/35_2afd
fozzie
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:45 pmby gooseberry
Glen wrote:Yes it is. I have one and very happy. Maybe you could buy the 17-35 for me with the money you are saving on yourself?
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:14 pmby joey
Okay, I am almost convinced.
What left is to find a good dealer.
Thanks!
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:19 pmby losfp
Hmm... by all accounts, the 35/2 IS a very good lens, however I wouldn't exactly call it a wide angle lens, not for a 1.5 crop digital body.
How about a 20/2.8 or the Tokina 12-24?
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:28 pmby Yi-P
The 35/2 is not exactly wide angle on the DX body.
It is very close to the traditional 50mm in old film days and very pleasant to use. Very sharp and contrasty colours, lovely lens in all.
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:32 pmby joey
For the sake of following old conventions I'd call it wide-angle.But we can call it DX standard angle lens in this discussion too.
I am using film Nikon camera too. I think 35mm is suitable.
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:41 pmby losfp
joey wrote:For the sake of following old conventions I'd call it wide-angle.But we can call it DX standard angle lens in this discussion too.
I am using film Nikon camera too. I think 35mm is suitable.
Ah! I always fall into the trap of assuming everyone on dslrusers is a DLSR user
No worries then, 35mm will work beautifully
Re: Christmas Present: Nikkor lens
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:17 amby EveyOz
joey wrote:I want to get myself wide-angle Nikkor for Christmas present.
If I could afford 17-35mm, I would have bought this lens but it's out of my budget. Instead, I decided to buy a 35mm AF-D F/2 fixed focal length lens.
Is this a good lens?
I love mine, it allows me to slip my d200 in a large pocket on a trip out. Very sharp and easy to carry.
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:31 amby gstark
Why not look for a pre-loved 24mm Nikkor? Wider than the 35, the 24 f/2.8 used to be my favourite lens on my film bodies.
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:18 amby joey
gstark wrote:Why not look for a pre-loved 24mm Nikkor? Wider than the 35, the 24 f/2.8 used to be my favourite lens on my film bodies.
I will check reviews and sample pictures for this lens.
Thanks!
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:43 pmby joey
gstark wrote:Why not look for a pre-loved 24mm Nikkor? Wider than the 35, the 24 f/2.8 used to be my favourite lens on my film bodies.
Review from this site:
http://photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/nik ... /index.htm
Verdict
The Nikkor AF 24mm f/2.8D didn't really convince during the tests due to various shortcomings. The resolution figures were generally very decent but otherwise the lens left something to be desired for a fix-focal with relatively high barrel distortions, very high vignetting at f/2.8 and very pronounced CAs. Spherical aberrations (focus shifts when stopping down) on top don't make things any better. So despite the relatively ambitious design (floating elements) the lens doesn't seem to be overly attractive anymore. This doesn't mean that the AF 24mm f/2.8D is a bad lens, it's not, but fix-focals should perform better than good zoom lenses.