Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G ED Fixed Zoom Lens with Auto Focus for Nikon DSLR Cameras

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Bought refurbished from 6ave. Item is practically brand new, and very clean, also came with the Nikon leaflet. This is a nice versatile lens for carry around, everyday shooting. Here is my first nightscape with this little gem.

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A small light weight 35mm lens. This light weight lens is perfect for wedding photographers who are shooting long days. Fast focusing even in low light. I have it paired with a D750 and just love it! Shooting two D750s one with this lens and the other with the 85 f1.8. The two make for a great wedding lens tandem. The Nikon f1.8 G series lens line-up has been great. Nikon is doing some great things right now. For me, price vs value when compared to the 35mm f1.4 is a no brainer.

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I am a wedding photographer and this lens is my choice for 70% of my photographs. Almost none aberrations, nice bokeh and good focus. My next lens from Nikon will be 105mm and I hope it will work like this one. Recommend!

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This is the perfect lens for the D750 for both fov and physical size. While 50mm may be "normal" on an FX body, and the 50mm 1.8 is also a fine lens, I prefer the slightly wider view of this lens. You may not need both the 35 and 50 if you can "zoom with your feet" as some say. AF-S is snappy and fairly quiet, but not as fast as the Nikon pro level 2.8 zooms or F1.4 Nikon primes. Color rendition is the same as all my other Nikon lenses. There is some slight vigneting at 1.8, but it clears up by F4. Its worth noting that the lens I received was packed terribly. So bad that I will be thinking twice before ordering anything fragile from Amazon. The gold Nikon box was freely bouncing around a larger Amazon box... and this is not the first lens Ive received this way. Also, as usual, inspect very thoroughly upon arrival. Ive received lenses in this price range, not quite expensive enough to warrant checking, that have obviously been used and returned as new by someone else.

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I am a 35mm lens aficionado. Thirty-plus years of film shooting with Nikon SLRs and Leica rangefinder cameras has allowed me to explore many examples of this focal length in many generations from 1950s Leica models to that brands more modern offerings, and the original f/2.8 Nikkor from the 1960s to the AIS version of the 35mm f/1.4 model. When I moved into Nikon auto focus in the late 1980s, the then new 35mm f/2.0 AF was the first lens that I bought for this new type of Nikon camera. That same lens (replaced several times) is what I have been using on my full frame D700 for several years now. I tried to use the 35mm f/1.4 AIS on the DSLR, but focus was hit-or-miss due to the screen which is less than optimal for manual focus, especially wide-open. So the little f/2.0 has been my go to 35mm lens for digital. I never had a complaint about the image quality of the 25 year old f/2.0 design. Im sure that in some lab test, flaws can be measured, but when I come back and examine photos made in the real world, it was fine. FWIW, while I am aware of the 35mm f/1.4 AF-G Nikkor, it is too much of a jump in size, weight and cost to gain a stop of lens opening. I like prime lenses because of the size advantage over a high quality zoom, and I can be less obtrusive with a petite lens, so I never considered the f/1.4 for my needs. So, enter this new lens. I did buy the AF-S 35mm f/1.8G ED, with hopes of enjoying a more modern design, both optically and mechanically, over the f/2.0 lens. In a short statement, yes, I do like this new lens more than the older model. So I will compare this new lens to its closest Nikon alternative. Lens speed to me is pretty much a wash in actual use, as the variation from f/1.8 to f/2.0 is not dramatic enough to be a deal breaker, especially with a step-less shutter in aperture priority. More important is the question not of how fast the lens is, but can you actually use it at that aperture? The lens used at f/1.8 is more than usable, it is very good in terms of sharpness and contrast at full aperture. There is a very small amount of light fall-off, but it is only noticeable when you review two images shot at f/1.8 and then stopped down to about f/2.5 side by side. In comparison, the older f/2.0 lens was O.K. wide-open, but only in the center, with the edges not so good. In some situations this is not a problem, since when focusing centrally on a 3D subject in an environment, the edges would be lost to DOF anyway, but this is not good for flat subjects. The look from this new lens used wide-open is making me get a lot of use from my cameras 1/8000th of a second top shutter speed which allows me to isolate a subject from the background with a moderate wide angle look in good light. The physicality advantage of the two lenses would have to go to the older lens in terms of size. The f/2.0 with the proper HN-3 hood is much smaller than the f/1.8 lens with its hood mounted. However the weight is not an issue, and it didnt take long to ignore the larger size after a couple of decades with the smaller lens. The functionality advantage has to go to the newer model. It is so nice to be able to tweak focus instantly without having to find a switch and rotate it to manually adjust the focusing ring. Additionally, this same function means that I dont have to worry about keeping my fingers off of the focusing collar which I do with the f/2.0 model lest I prevent free movement of the mechanism. Without a way to scientifically measure, my feeling is that the older f/2.0 lens focused faster, but this might just be that I can hear and feel it as the screw-jack spins the collar very quickly and surely to the focus point. The new lens is silent and without any noticeable mechanical sensation. Even if the older lens is faster, the newer lens has never seemed slow, and I have caught some nice moving subject shots with it. So after many decades of use of the 35mm lens as my most used lens, the AF-S 35mm f/1.8G ED is now my lens of choice. The only thing I cant review here is longevity. I stayed with Nikon because I have 24 lenses in my collection and 95% of them function as well as the day they came out of the box. If this lens lasts ten years, that 600 Dollars will have put thousands of images on my hard drive. FWIW 2, My older f/2.0 lens now sits on my D7100. It gives me a nice normal lens for the crop sensor camera, and the lower quality edges fall outside of the capture area of the DX sensor. Edited on Nov 6, 2014: After many weeks of use now, I am still very happy with the optical quality of this lens. I have however found a weak point in the design that may or may not be important to you. The focus scale is very compressed, and the DOF marks are limited to one aperture. This makes zone-focusing pretty much impossible which is a shame, since a zone focused 35mm lens is the classic street shooters tool of choice. With my old film era lenses, I could set a zone of say, 4ft to 11ft between the two aperture marks for a moderate aperture and then simply move to put a subject within that zone and shoot from the hip. I have used this technique for many years with great success, but this past weekend I employed this new lens for this task, only to find it impossible with the limited information on the distance scale... infinity comes on very quickly from any moderate distance. I like prime lenses over zooms because of the ability to use zone and hyper-focus setting via the scales on the lens, and this lens does not allow for this classic street-shooter trick. As a a work-around, I focused at an object 6 feet from from me, and then turned off the auto-focus. I set an aperture of f/8 and tried to keep my subjects within 5 to 10 feet. This was O.K., but I busted the zone much more than I use to with my old classic Nikkors with comprehensive DOF scales and a more moderate distance shift.

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Great lens! Ive paired this with my d750 and couldnt be happier. This is a great focal length for everyday family shots. I also have the 50mm 1.8 and find that to be too tight for indoor family shots, the 35 is just wide enough for most situations. The only complaint I would have is that the lens does feel cheap for the price. All plastic. Im of the opinion this lens should be similar in price to Nikons 50 1.8 which is half the price or more. Great image quality though, very happy in that department. Snappy autofocus too. No regrets here!

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Great all around lens I was using this lens mostly for street and car scene photography. Lens is fast to focus and gives great BOKEH!!!

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Incredible little 35mm. There is just something about the subtle characteristics this lens imparts that I love. Of course, as a f1.8 it takes great photos in poor light, but this thing really shines with good light and produces some fantastic qualities. One of my new favorite walk-around lenses.

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All of my Nikkor lens have a "US" in front of the serial number but this doesnt have it. I was saddened, depressed and angry. So, I called the Los Angeles Nikon Service Center to check. My lens is a US lens. Now, I can smile again. The Nikon number is 1 800 645-6687. And you can also register your lens! Whew. Great lens. Buy it.

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For any dx camera like d7000 series (where 35mm becomes around 50mm),this is the must have lens. Nice pic quality, good blurry effects and best for functions and festivals. Dont buy 50mm lens before this lens. 50mm is good lens but is not versatile as this. 50mm is portrait for dx cameras (becomes 85mm) So you cant use it inside home conveniently. Furthermore I prefer this 35mm fx lens over 35mm dx lens because it has better built/pic quality and its a good investment for future full frame camera (like d850).

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