Nikon Nikkor AIS 28mm f2.8.
This lens needs no introduction. This is the version with floating-element close-range correction, allowing it to focus down to 8 inches.
It is clean inside and out. The aperture is clean and quick.
This lens is in excellent shape, save for a rough spot on the filter ring. Filters still work fine.
Priced discounted: $170 shipped in the US, or an extra $15 worldwide.
Ken Rockwell call this the sharpest wide angle Nikon lens.
Photodo gives it a rating of 4.1, the highest rated SLR lens except for the Zeiss Distagon.
info from MIR:
Technical highlights relating to this Nikkor wideangle lens: * Wide 74° picture coverage lets you handle wide scope of applications, such as it can be used to take candids, portraits of people in their surroundings, landscapes, travel photos, night lights, architecture and interiors, nudes, and star trails etc. * Focuses down to 0.2m (0.7 ft.) - the closest minimum focusing distance of any Nikkor lens; Close-Range Correction System insures sharp images even at its closest focusing distance.* Excellent for high-magnification close-ups when mounted in reverse on a bellows unit - up to nearly 9X magnification is possible. * Superb picture quality from center to edges because it is extremely well corrected for coma and spherical aberration. * Exceptionally light - weighs only 250 grams. * Accepts popular 52mm filters.
Specifications:
Focal length/Aperture: 28mm f/2.8; Lens construction: 8 elements in 8 groups
Picture angle: 74°; Diaphragm: Automatic; Aperture scale: f/2.8 - f/22 on both standard and aperture-direct-readout scales
This lens needs no introduction. This is the version with floating-element close-range correction, allowing it to focus down to 8 inches.
It is clean inside and out. The aperture is clean and quick.
This lens is in excellent shape, save for a rough spot on the filter ring. Filters still work fine.
Priced discounted: $170 shipped in the US, or an extra $15 worldwide.
Ken Rockwell call this the sharpest wide angle Nikon lens.
Photodo gives it a rating of 4.1, the highest rated SLR lens except for the Zeiss Distagon.
info from MIR:
Technical highlights relating to this Nikkor wideangle lens: * Wide 74° picture coverage lets you handle wide scope of applications, such as it can be used to take candids, portraits of people in their surroundings, landscapes, travel photos, night lights, architecture and interiors, nudes, and star trails etc. * Focuses down to 0.2m (0.7 ft.) - the closest minimum focusing distance of any Nikkor lens; Close-Range Correction System insures sharp images even at its closest focusing distance.* Excellent for high-magnification close-ups when mounted in reverse on a bellows unit - up to nearly 9X magnification is possible. * Superb picture quality from center to edges because it is extremely well corrected for coma and spherical aberration. * Exceptionally light - weighs only 250 grams. * Accepts popular 52mm filters.
Specifications:
Focal length/Aperture: 28mm f/2.8; Lens construction: 8 elements in 8 groups
Picture angle: 74°; Diaphragm: Automatic; Aperture scale: f/2.8 - f/22 on both standard and aperture-direct-readout scales
