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At 35mm focal length, this Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G DSLR Lens might be defined as a wide-angle lens. But, when placed on a Nikon DX-compatible lens mount on a Nikon DSLR camera, it delivers a normal perspective. This is an all-around lens for your Nikon digital SLR camera. Rounded 7-blade diaphragm Fast f/1.8 prime NIKKOR lens – Perfect for low-light conditions, travel, environmental portrait and general photography Accepts optional screw-on 52mm filters Includes HB-46 Bayonet Lens Hood; LC-52 Snap-On Front Lens Cap; LF-1 Rear Lens Cap; CL-0913 Soft Case more info
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AMAZING!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is more a review for Amazon, however I promise to come back and review the lens after using it, for legitimacy sake. I ordered this lens from Adorama at the end of July for a few bucks more than Amazon’s price. I was waiting for it to be shipped and by early September was told by Adorama Customer Service I am #190 on the wait list. I put in my order at Amazon on 9/11 and it was shipped yesterday at 9/17. Shoulda just come to Amazon to begin with! -Adorama Customer Service was very courteous and prompt in there responses to my questions and I have always heard good things about them…just had to wait too long.
Great affordable lens for low light
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Probably the lens that I use the most. It is very responsive and delivers great quality pictures with the d300s. I find it useful for low light (to normal light) portraits. It is a reliable and very well built lens. I would recommend this lens over the cheaper zoom kit lens (18-55mm) anytime as it offers a lower aperture and sharper images. You will only need to walk a few steps forth or back, and pay the extra $80. I only wish this lens had VR, so that I could shoot at lower speeds in low light. But, then again with a 1.8 aperture and this price there is nothing to complain about.
Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S DX Lens
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The lens is definitely worth the money. I’ve taken several landscape shots and find it to give good results. Inside shots in low light are extremely good. I would recommend it.
Simply superb
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am an old school photographer and a big fan of prime lenses. I learnt photography using only the 50mm lens. This along with the 50mm 1/8 is one of my two favorite (and the cheapest) lenses in the kit. The picture quality of both these lenses will blow you away. When I started with film cameras the 50mm lens would not leave my camera. After moving to D90 I wanted a prime in normal range. Finally, with this 35mm that need is satisfied. Now this lens rarely leaves my camera. We have a 2 month old at home and there is no better lens to capture portraits (especially inside house in low light conditions) than this lens.
There are several reviews here which highlight the remarkable qualities of this lens. I could not agree more with them. The most appealing features are: very fast, silent, sharp as a razor, very rich colors, easy focus, and low price.
The only drawback is being a prime lens you will have a move a lot to frame your perfect picture. I personally consider this as a minor drawback because the quality of picture from the lens are worth all that effort.
Definitely a must buy.
Great lens for DX format DSLR
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Very fast lens. I used it for the first time during a wedding and it captured great shots!
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’ve had this lens for a couple of months and would highly recommend this for anyone looking for a general purpose prime lens.
The best DX lens!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have owned every DX lens to date, and this one is a total winner. It’s on my camera 80% of the time, and when I take it off I always miss it. 35mm on a DX(crop sensor) body is a much better focal length for what I shoot than 50mm. This Nikon 35mm f/1.8 lens is fantastic in low-light. It has an internal focus motor that is so quiet and fast that it scares me! I use it on my D90, and I am so happy with it. It’s super sharp, gives fantastic color, perfect exposure. Every time I take it out I come back impressed with the results. If you can only buy one lens for your D40/60/70/90/300 this is it!
Nikon 35mm AF-s DX
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a great addition to my D-40. Hard to believe this lens can give such good results is low light with no flash. It is a value at $200 if you are willing to wait 2 or 3 weeks. I am glad I did!
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Easy to use, light, good for both in door & out door. consider SB-400 for even better quality for indoor.
great lens for the price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Nikon left out a lot of features in this lens to keep the price down. Still, it is excellent for what it tries to do. The compact size makes it easy to carry with you anywhere. The lens is sharp, like most prime lenses. The big reason for buying this lens is its speed. You can shoot in typical indoor lighting situations and get bright colorful sharp natural-looking photos with no noise. Nikon kit lenses are good outdoors, but they are too slow for indoors use without a flash. Every photographer should buy at least one fast lens like this.
jersey boy
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
just got this lens a few weeks ago mainly to get sharp pictures of my grand-children and of scenery.So far I can tell this is a very sharp lens and is very light weight and has a fast focus.This was the only reason I bought this lens and so far it is doing the job I wanted.Hopefully it will come in useful for other pictures.I have aNikon d80 camera.
best of the best
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Fast shipping and best quality with low price.
I satisfied enough.
thank you!
Not too bad
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I just got my 35mm 1.8D lens in the mail. My first impression is that the build quality is only medium. My 50mm 1.8 seems to be a better construction, and heftier compared to this lens. Also, the lens is very very slow to auto focus. The 50mm is much faster. Perhaps the D90 I’m using focuses faster with an AF than an AF-S lens? Don’t know. Also, the bokah is not that great with this lens.
But, in low light, this lens grabs everything that’s available. Much better than the kit lens I’ve got, but about the same low light performance as the 50mm prime.
Why did I get this lens when I had the 50mm? I feel that the 35mm is much more agile when taking portraits, especially of my newborn. The 50mm didn’t allow me to stay close to my son and get more than his face and neck in the frame. I had to be pretty far back to get his whole body. The 35mm allows me to stay close and keep his attention.
Overall, pretty good for $199. I’d buy it again despite the slow AF.
Great lens to compliment my new D3000
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought a new D3000 with the 18-55mm lens, but my photos were coming out dark or the camera was selecting a high ISO (with lots of noise) or a slow shutter speed (with lots of blur). This lens was the easy answer. At a 1.8, it lets in tons of light so I can shoot indoors without flash at 400 ISO and a reasonable shutter speed. The lack of a zoom really doesn’t effect anything because the camera’s image sensor is detailed enough that I can always zoom and crop on the computer without losing any quality.
The quality of the lens is A+ in my book, although I am a novice. It comes with a hood, a case and real front/back caps.
When I was a photography student back in the film days, we always started with a 50mm lens. On a digital camera, that translates to a 35mm lens.
If you only own one lens in addition to the 18-55 one that came on your camera, this is the one you should own. The f/1.8 makes all the difference in the world.
Great way for amateurs to get into prime lenses!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Okay, so I’m just an amateur enthusiast. I won’t pretend to talk about chromatic abberation, or lens elements or all those things I don’t know much about, and frankly, never consciously care about when I’m taking photographs.
So straight off: who should NOT be buying this lens?
1. it’s a DX lens, so it’s great for digital SLRs but not for for film SLRs. Which is a real pity, because I still retain my old Nikon N75 and consider it a brilliant camera.
2. it’ll work great on all the cameras any enthusiast like me could have bought from Nikon in the last 10 years (yes, including the most basic and most excellent Nikon D40 and of course the brand new Nikon D5000). It lacks an aperture ring, so you’ll only have problems on some really old film cameras — for which this lens is in any case not the right size (see 1).
I have to confess that for the last ten years, since I started putting money into (Nikon) SLR cameras and lenses, I’ve always bought myself zooms. I’ve always been on a low budget, and considered fixed focal length lenses the playground of the rich and the professional.
I didn’t know what I was missing.
There’s a reason pros ALWAYS have “prime” lenses (like these). After years of never shooting below f/3.5 (on my Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens) or f/4.5 (on my Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras), it is so fantabulously amazing to have a lens that is SO sensitive to light. With this lens, I can go all the way down to f/1.8, and boy, suddenly I can take absolutely wonderful night shots — all with no VR and no tripod (who can lug those around anyway?!). Oh, and the fact that a prime lens like this is lighter than zooms, means your hand will shake less to begin with.
I also like to do a little bit of food photography, and I’ve noticed that the way to make food look really great is to have low depth of field — just focus on the food, and blur out even the plate and the table and stuff. And that’s another place a prime lens is invaluable, because its depth of field can be made so obscenely small that a *portion* of a dish (say just the cherry on top of the cake) can be put into sharp focus, with everything else nicely blurred out. Needless to say, this also makes it great for portrait shots taken from shorter distances (for long distance portraits, I love my 70-300mm).
One other feature of this lens you’ll really love is the AF-S motor. That’s Nikon’s way of telling you that you can keep the lens in autofocus mode, and if on a particular shot the camera doesn’t happen to zero in on the exact spot you care about, you can just rotate the focus ring and manually set focus — without having to flip any switch to get into manual focus mode! Little things like this make all the difference between getting the shot you want, and going “Damn!”.
So by all means, if you’ve never had a prime lens, make this your first one — for just $200 (or $250) you’ll get photos that’ll make you feel like a pro!
The only issue, of course, is that you can’t zoom. Much of this can be overcome by moving physically closer/further from your subject, but if you really like wide-angle shots, you’ll keep wanting to switch between this lens and a zoom. In my opinion, at its low price and light weight, adding this lens to your camera bag is still a total no-brainer.