Customer Reviews

NIKON 14mm f/2.8D ED AF Ultra Wide-Angle Nikkor Lens

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is an absolutely fantastic lens - light for its size, and fast focusing too (not that you often need fast focus for wide-angle shots, that is). Quite simply, once you get used to Nikon speed of focusing, even very marginally lower speeds of Canon feel like an eternity.

If you are even considering buying this product, you know very well already what it is and what it does. I just wanted to emphasize the AF speed and clear markings which, in my view, are better than on comparable products from other manufacturers.

Wonderful lens, fast focusing, high contrast, great saturation, light and solid. You get what you pay for.

This is an amazing lens. I was initially concerned about distortion that bulged from the center out to the edges but the lens does a fantastic job of dealing with it. This lens is one of the best additions to my glass collection.

This is so much better than any other 14mm on the market. As far as the complaints regarding the inability to use a filter, if you just dropped $1600+ on this lens, you should know that a 14mm doesn't allow for filters. This is the greatest ultra-wide out there. Bravo Nikon!

I'd ignore the 1 star review of this lens as the reviewer completely misses the capabilities of this lens that a zoom won't have. It is fast, both in operation and aperture. And with coverage for an FX format sensor, 14mm is something that would only be a dream awhile back.


now I'm no scientist, and there's a 16mm fisheye, but this is wider but not a fisheye. So what gives? I have a 10.5 DX fisheye, and one of the great features of it was in the Nikon Capture software that you could get for your camera. What the sofware did was take that fishbowl look away and make the photo a rectilinear image by reshaping the perspective.

If that is true, it's probably what makes this lens such a joy to use. Your angle of view is amazing, and the results give you that rectilinear quality, and it's right in the viewfinder. You don't have to wait for post processing to see the results.

It will take a big bite out of your glass budget, but it is an investment that will probably payoff nicely down the road. Of the major investment I've made in Nikon FX format equipment, this is the jewel in the crown.

Drawbacks: yes. #1 The front element is almost spherical and the "shade" wings don't exactly provide superior protection. #2 The lens cover; it's sort of a little leather feed bag looking sack that fits around the shade. It's a bear to get on; and if you're in a hurry, forget it. Maybe it'll get easier over time, but right now it's tough to fit with risking damage to your lens.

Watch the prices, and if an opportunity comes along, grab it.

Kind of like when you buy a car. Once in awhile you sit in a car and know instantly that it fits, and your checkbook jumps out of your pocket. This lens fits.

I'll check back once I get a few hundred more images through this lens, but I doubt it'll say anything other than whatever was already has been said.

I wish they had a way to protect this lens, but then it wouldn't be this wide, would it? A wonderful lens. I'm quite happy with it.

I purchased this item sight unseen. I did not realize that the lens was curved, like a fisheye lens. It will not take a protective UV filter or any other filter.

I wonder where to use this lens with the new and better lens in 14-24mm F2.8.....this is an obsolete lens by my definition!