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IntroductionUpdated August 17, 2008. Nikon's 20mm lenses has been favored by landscape photographers for decades. The manual focus Nikkor 20mm f/4 AI was made in quite small numbers, in total there was less then 23000 lenses made. It was produced between 1974 to 1977. It's really compact compared to it's brothers and sisters. SpecificationsLens Construction: 10 elements in 8 groups. Picture Angle: 94° (35mm) Minimum focus distance: 0.3m Filter Size: 52mm Lens Hood: HN-14 Included accessories: Front cap, rear cap. Size and weight: 63.5mm x 35.5mm x 47.5mm 210g Diaphragm: 7 straight blades. Price from: $ Discontinued. Manufacturers web site: www.nikon.com Positives
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VerdictI had to try 3 samples of this lens before I got one that's worth looking into. On the D3 this lens is way soft in the corners @ f/4. Performance increases quite a bit by stopping down one stop to f/5.6.At f/11 the lens has it's peak performance. IR performance with the new samples is also better, as expected.
AlternativesNikon 20mm f/2.8 AI-S. From: $599.95 USD Nikon AF 20mm f/2.8D. From: $549.95 USD Nikon AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF Price From: $1,629.95 USD Nikon AF-S 14/24mm f/2.8G ED-IF Price From: $1,799.95 USD Voigtlander MF Color Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SL-II Aspherical. Price: $549.99 USD Sigma AF 20mm f/1.8 EX. From: $569.00 USD *Prices are subject to change. Listed price is from July 25, 2009 Sample PicturesImages have been imported to photoshop CS3 through Capture NX 2 thus leaving the original image settings as shot, I. E white balance, sharpening, etc .etc. Full resolution sample images are in RGB color mode. Check out my copyright page for information about usage of these images. |
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