johanluiten

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.50 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $250.00 from ebay

Summary:
This lens is beautiful. Great fast f stop and sharpness. For the size and weight this lens comes through for every time I use it.

Strengths:
f stop sharpness price

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
nikon 28mm serie E

Customer Service:
never used

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $589.00 from B&H PhotoVideo

Summary:
A real treasure. Splendid photos. I had noticed two coffee table sized books which prominently featured oversize photos with this lens, and I must say, it performs admirably. Clearly better than the 24 mm f/2.8 in terms of sharpness and flare control.

Strengths:
Very sharp from f/4 thru f/8. Can shoot directly into light sources.

Weaknesses:
A bit soft wide open, recommend stopping down a stop or two if you can. Power range of this lens is f/4 thru f/8.

Similar Products Used:
About 60 Nikon lenses, 5 Leica/Contax Lenses.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
9 votes

Price Paid:  $210.00 from ebay

Summary:
I just got this. I''ve been shooting Olympus OM4Ts for 15 years but they finally discontinued the OM line. I switched to the F100 (I''m too used to spot metering to change now) and I do wish they made this in AF so it could really work with the 3D flash metering. I find it ridiculous that Nikon only makes a 28mm 2.8 (too slow) and a 28mm 1.4 (too big) in AF. Nonetheless, this is really a very nice lens and compares very favorably with my old Zuiko. Nice contrast and sharpness and no appreciable fall-off at the corners.

Strengths:
Very nuce performance all around -- sharpness, contrast, and distortion.

Weaknesses:
Not available in AF.

Similar Products Used:
Zuiko 28mm 2.0

Customer Service:
None so far

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $230.00

Summary:
Got this one from ebay in A+ condition few months ago and makes me happy since. Sharp, fast and well built. Even at 2.0 this one is sharp at the edge. Great for landscapes when my 18-35 is not with me (ha ha...it''s always of course..). CRC glasses are doing a fine job. Works fantastic with my F3HP.

Strengths:
Very very sharp; never seen any smooth effects at the corners.

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
AF 18-35/3.5-4.5 D-ED; AF 80-200/2.8 D-ED; MF 50/1.4

Customer Service:
None

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
4.86 of 5,
7 votes

Price Paid:  $250.00 from hongkong

Summary:
Bought this AI lens for few months. It compares well with the well-claimed 28/2.8 ais at all apertures, even more better at far distance. Very nice of close-up; too sharp at the centre even at f2; the degree of background blurring is drastic from f2.8 to f2.

Strengths:
Extremely sharp at centre even wide-open. Not much bulky than 28/2.8. No vignetting.

Weaknesses:
Focus ring too loose. Hood HN1 not too effective.

Similar Products Used:
all wideangle manual focus nikkors.

Customer Service:
Very good lens CLA at NikonHK at reasonable charge.