AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
Compact and lightweight ultra-wide-angle lens ideal for landscapes, interiors, events and more.
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AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
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This lens has replaced my 35mm, 28mm and 24mm lens.. When you need to grab a shot quickly this is my go to lens. The evolution of the wide angle lens has been terrific.
July 30, 2010
The 20mm is a fast lens, superb glass, lightweight so it’s easy to carry, great for low light and scenery. I find the best performance at f/8 and f/11, excellent at f/4 & f/5. As with almost all lens you suffer a little at both ends in this case f/2.8 and f/22 yet I have used and will use both ends again when necessary to get the shot knowing I will get good results. This is one of two lens I always have in my bag the other is the 50mm.
July 30, 2010
Great For Travel!
Lens is light to carry and works well on D90! Fantastic for travel scenes. It is not as showy as a zoom lens.
July 30, 2010
I love this lens!
I took this lens to the high arctic and got spectacular shots of the Northern Lights! In darkness and cold it worked flawlessly!
July 30, 2010
Great lens
I purchased this lens used. I no time with it's f/2.8 I was using it for low light and Astrophotography. All images are sharp almost to the corners. I have to crop just a little bit to remove the stars that are not round. Lens has nice bokeh. Lightweight and handy, I recommend this lens to anyone.
August 5, 2010
Good color, nice boken.
Very good for landscape.
I take it with me when I walking around the street, always give me nice photos.
Not easy to auto focus in low light place.
I use it on my FM2 and D90.
July 30, 2010
Exsellent lens for shooting interiors, in dim ligh
My copy is very sharp in the center even in full aperture. Minimum amount of chromatic aberrations and flare. I'm very happy with this lens.
July 30, 2010
A lens which is on the body 80% of time
One of my first lenses which was originally purchased for FM2 body and now is used on D700 mostly most of the time, in fact as kind of standard lens for me. For my purposes satifactirily low distortion, enough sharpness for A4 blow ups - not using larger printouts usualy - although larger printouts would not be a problem quite surely. It is light, compact and has rigid construction. With even thinniest neutral fiter there is some vigneting visible. Best performing from f 4.5 to 8 I believe.
July 30, 2010
sharp enough, aperture issue
I like the lens for use on my d200 and 300 camera.
the sharpness is certainly acceptable and i have little barrel distortion. I have to add that I have had problems with the aperture not closing down to my chosen f stop many times. I have had the lens serviced for that problem and the issue remains. overall a very good lens, I think Nikon could look into that problem with the aperture.
July 30, 2010
Usable
In theory, this should be a great lens. And in the film days it's rep was good. In practice, not so. Not bitingly sharp, flat in contrast and some coke bottle softness f2.8-4. And strange color rendition. Nikon, even when not the very best lenses have smooth, almost liquid color and transistions. Not here. Bought this because had no choice for fixed wide on DX at the time. Still, use this lens, though less so now - but most of the time professionally, do to it's acceptable image quality - actually, to be fair good image quality, just not great ( am spoiled from my 28mm f2.8 AIS ) and for it's greatest feature, more important than image quality, as long as that is excellent, for the way it handles. Light weight, compared to zooms, which I really cannot stand, hate in fact, as do most of my friends and fellow pros. Excellent, in fact the best and fastest auto focusing and quick to go to manual. Extremly manuverable and maybe most importantly, discrete. This lens enabled me to get shots that even the smallest beast of a zoom would not. Gives me great competitve and personal advantage in shooting. So would recomend this for real world use. Better than any zoom because of the ability to get the shot and for the feel.
July 30, 2010
Poor construction, good glass
I bought this lens new in the late 90's and it's been a problem. I used it with my film bodies (F90x & F5) and it failed twice in 3 years with the aperture sticking open. This was with light use. I stopped using it when I switched to digital, until I bought the D700. Dug the lens out again and started using it regularly. It's failed twice again and is back into Nikon for repair for the 4th time.
Optical quality was good on film, but I'm having serious reservations about it on the D700 with corners looking nasty. As soon as I get it back from repair, it's going on craigslist.
July 30, 2010
not sharp
not a sharp lens. take an image to 100% in photoshop and it is dismal.
July 30, 2010
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AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
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Is the 20mm f/2.8D fully compatible with the D7000, including AF and metering?
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This lens works flawlessly on my D80, so it should also work with the D7000Has staff answer
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Is the AF NIKKOR 20mm f/2.8D compatible with the Nikon D60?
I have a Nikon D60 at work and I need a wide angle lense to take interior home photos and I want to make sure this lens is compatible. If it isn't, any suggestions as to what lens I should buy? I don't want anything that is fisheyed. Thanks!!!!!!
1 year, 1 month ago
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Joanna
Houston
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Houston
Age: 25-34
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 2-5 years
Experience: More than a year
Role: Occasional user, memory keeper
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Nikon offers two types of autofocus digital camera bodies: those with a built-in focus drive motor and those which require a lens to have a motor. Cameras such as the D60 do not have a focus motor in it so they require the lens to have the focusing motor – an “AF-S” lens. While these bodies can use a lens with no focus motor (an “AF” lens) you would have to manually turn the focus ring to bring the subject in to sharp focus.1 year ago
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Anonymous
Age: 55-65
Favorite Subject: Landscape
Nikon Family: 21+ years
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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Sure it is8 months ago
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Anonymous
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Yes but will be manual focus only.7 months ago
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Donna
Oregon
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Oregon
Age: Over 65
Favorite Subject: Landscape
Nikon Family: 6-10 years
Experience: More than a year
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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Yes7 months ago
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Anonymous
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It is compatible but doesn't have an focus motor so will not autofocus with the D40x6 months ago
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mag
Boston, MA, USA
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Boston, MA, USA
Age: 18-24
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 2-5 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Just getting started with photography
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No there is no AF with this lens, its manual focus only on the D30001 of 1
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