Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S | Premium large aperture 35mm prime lens for Z series mirrorless cameras

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A fantastic 35mm lens

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2022

This is one great lens.
I shoot family portraits and weddings for a living. I can use this on the Family portraits on my Nikon Z6 and it is a very sharp lens with good contrast and fast focus.
I use a 85mm Z on my second Z6 on portraits for a two camera setup.
The 35mm for the group photos and the 85mm for the single and two people photos.

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JJ

Overpriced for a 1.8 lens; not a great fit on the new Nikon Z F....

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023

I was hoping this would be a good lens for the new Nikon Z F camera, but the lens is surprisingly large for a 1.8 aperture design. It is roughly 3.5" from the mount, more with the hood attached. The lens has good IQ in terms of sharpness but its rendering seems a bit "clinical." I regard the price of over $750 to be excessive for the lens as well, especially because it doesn't have a mechanical aperture ring or the solid feel of metal constructed lenses.

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Pavlos H.

Excellent lens HOWEVER why Nikon why do you reset focus when I turn off my Z6

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019

Style: 35mm f1.8 SVerified Purchase

This is an excellent lens but it has a fatal flaw that makes it problematic for me.

I wish I'd known about this but this was my first Z lens (I had used the FTZ with my native F glass up until this point). In either case I wasn't aware that the Z-lens would reset focus ever time I turn off the camera. Nasim over at Photography life writes about this major oversight but I didn't catch it prior to purchase. Given I tend to set focus at infinity for my landscape and starscape photography and lock it in place with gaffer tape this became a no go for me as I hate resetting focus. While I can keep the camera on that just eats battery which on the Z6 is a no go. Nasim hopes they'll fix this in a firmware but I can't buy into any Z lenses until they do as I'm worried its a design issue that can't be fixed in firmware (maybe not but I can't take the risk). I'm so upset about this I may just stick to the FTZ adapter or even just get some Sony lenses and the new Techart adapter. I just don't understand why Nikon would do this.

I did find that in the "sleep" mode the camera retains focus but it also continues to eat up battery and I prefer to switch the camera off between composing shots as otherwise the slightest button press wakes up the camera and I'm already traveling with 3 spare batteries where I used to just travel with 1 on my D750...

I love the Z6. Still getting used to the focus system but the results are stellar and way worth the upgrade over my D750. That said until this issue is resolved in the Z lenses I can't buy in to them. I've since read all Z lenses out to this point have this issue. While it doesn't bother me for street and portrait as noted I mainly do landscape and astrophotography. Let's hope they address this in a firmware as I'll definitely buy this lens (or it's 1.4/1.2 version) if Nikon addresses this fatal flaw.

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John

Poor packaging

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2022

Style: 35mm f1.8 SVerified Purchase

I’m sure this is an amazing lens. I have the 50mm and I love it. What I thought I bought was new. When it arrived everything came in, in a bag. Becareful who you’re buying from.

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Sarah B.

Amazon's return process for expensive items is a colossal waste of time.

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2019

Style: 35mm f1.8 SVerified Purchase

The lens is amazing.

Amazon's return process for expensive items is a colossal waste of time.

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Broken seal, pathetic packaging & already opened lens delivered.

Reviewed in India on October 25, 2020

Style: 35mm f1.8 SVerified Purchase

Product is too good there is no doubt about that, its a product which usually people buy after whole lot of research.
But, i am very very disappointed with the seller who had sent product with opened/ breaked seal.
The packaging for product like lens was pathetic, few Papers were just put in there instead of proper bubble thing.
I would highly recommend every professional to buy such specialized product from company store instead of online platform.

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