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| AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8 G ED |
It’s definitely larger that its DX sibling, but it doesn’t appear unwieldy. And if its optical formula delivers, it could very well be a must-have for Nikon FX shooters. Nikon stresses its “point image formation” meaning that this lens should perform similarly to the infamous Noct-NIKKOR.
It’s called sagittal coma flare, and it‘s common to wide, fast lenses. It causes a single point of light to appear “like a bird spreading its wings” to quote Japanses inventor Kouichi Ohshita. And while its effect on image quality results mostly in a slight reduction of contrast in the periphery of the image, it can seriously deter from night scenes and astrophotography which contain many pinpoints of light. At only 2/3 stop slower than the NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4, this lens represents a cost effective compromise at one third the price.
For those of you who like to shoot wide, this is your normal lens. Six bills will buy you sweet full-frame zoom with 35mm in its range, and you just might be able to get by in low light with a deft combination of High ISO, VR, HDR and Active D-Lighting. But it will never come close to the clarity of this lens. And because of this, the the redundancy of two 35mm f/1.8 G lenses in the Nikon lineup is a little easier to swallow. It rounds out Nikon’s suite of f/1.8 lenses that offer both superior quality and value.
For those of you who like to shoot wide, this is your normal lens. Six bills will buy you sweet full-frame zoom with 35mm in its range, and you just might be able to get by in low light with a deft combination of High ISO, VR, HDR and Active D-Lighting. But it will never come close to the clarity of this lens. And because of this, the the redundancy of two 35mm f/1.8 G lenses in the Nikon lineup is a little easier to swallow. It rounds out Nikon’s suite of f/1.8 lenses that offer both superior quality and value.
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