Nikon 35mm f/2D Fast AF Lens

Some people remark that the 35mm f/2 is a humdrum lens (and they say this about a 50mm lens). The melodramatic wide-angle exposure is totally lacking when compared to lenses like the AF 24/2.8 and it does not possess an "involuntary clutter removal feature" of a telephoto lens, compared to the AF 70-200mm Nikkor f/2.8 VRII zoom. On the surface that appears to be true, but The reality is that it merely takes a first-rate photographer to successfully use any lens, including boring 50s and 35s.

Announced in 1989, the 35mm Nikon f2D AF Nikkor is a light and compact, wide-angle lens manufactured with an outstanding optical design for wedding, architecture,  and landscape shooting. It sports a 62-degree (44-degree in Nikon DX format) image area with sharpness from edge-to-edge. An ideal prime lens for busy photographer, the fast f2 aperture allows this lens to be ideal for poor light, hand-held photography. Also it only weighs an exceedingly light 7.2 ounces and features a 0.85-foot close focusing distance. Perfect for FX, DX and 35mm SLR Cameras

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The lens has an aperture ring and the mount is metal, the AF is the "screw type" an it's compatible with every past Nikon camera, does not autofocus on Nikon D40, D60, D300 or D3000, D3100, or D5000.

Although this lens has superb optics, it's hard to recommend it as sooner later they all come down with the highly-documented oil-on-the-aperture-blades issue, causing all your photos shot using it to be either over- or underexposed.  

Typical internet price: $365.00. Updated 12//16/2010

AF-S Autofocus lens featuring a Silent wave, coreless, integrated, focus motor (unwrapped in 1996). Basically an updated AF-I Autofocus-Silent sporting a "Silent Wave Motor" (ultrasonic) to focus near silently and fast.

SIC - Nikon Super Integrated Coating
Nikon uses an elite multilayer lens coating to augment the operation of its lens elements which also helps diminish ghosting and flare to minute levels. Nikon Super Integrated Coat also accomplishes several purposes,

D- Distance. Denoted after the  f-number. It signifies the lens has the capacity to use Nikon's 3D Matrix Metering on camera bodies where it is supported.

Note: Nikkor D-type and G-type lenses provide distance information to the cameras listed below:

Auto exposure; F6, F5, F90X, F80, F75, F70, F65, F60, F55, F50, F100, Pronea S, Pronea 600i, D series.
Flash control; F6, F5, F100, F90X, F80, F75, F70, and all D series cameras.

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