Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens USA

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

This lens is everything I hoped it would be. I had wanted a normal lens for my DX camera after years of shooting with various zooms. It's everything I had hoped it would be. Fast, light, inexpensive, and fantastic in low light. If you have a dx camera and don't have this lens, what are you waiting for? It's become my go-to lens, especially for shooting people. Gorgeous portraiture and lovely bokeh.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

I am rather new to DSLR cameras and this was my first lens purchase other than my kit lenses. It was recommended by many other users across the internet. I must say I am not dissapointed. The lens produces an excellent bokeh on almost every shot and the sharpness is right on. This on top of B&H Photo superiori service makes for an excellent purchase!

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

Usually for indoor pics or poor lighting.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

Great lens for all situations where you don't need a zoom. Really fun to experiment with. In door as well as out door. I use it for pictures of my children or friends and family, for pictures of flowers, statues or animals. It's not good for insects, because you can't get close enough. It's good for portrays if the model accept that you go close so I'm quite pleased that I didn't choose the 50mm instead. Could maybe have a bit more bokeh, but it's ok.
It's my new allround camera!

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

I would have given this lens a higher rating if I haven't received a bad copy with a bad back focusing issue. There is a solution however. The lens itself is lightweight. It produces beautiful sharp images with beautiful bokeh and the color rendition is great. It is also fast and quiet while focusing. The best thing about this lens is it's ability to focus relatively close to your subject, which is less than a foot. One other great thing is it's metal mount, which is a nice feature for a less than $ lens. This lens is only to be used on cropped sensor cameras, however, if used on a full frame it will still be useful with some vignetting at the corners. If you get a copy with focusing issues (back or front focusing), a way to resolve the issue is using the AF Fine Tune feature on your camera. Cameras like the D700, D300s, and D3 have such feature, so refer to your manual.If your camera does not have the feature, you do need to send it back for re calibration or to be replaced. Thank you for reading, I hope you find this review useful.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

Pure simple lens with awesome handling

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

I am a budding portrait and event photographer and I recently purchased the 50mm version of this lens and loved it. So I went ahead and bought the 35mm, because the 50 was sometimes a little to close for certain situations. I love the f1.8 lenses because of their creamy, soft backgrounds, ability to shoot in low light environments, and small size and weight.

The only issues I've experienced with this lens so far (and it may simply be due to my inexperience using it) is that, compared to the 50mm, this lens doesn't focus as precisely and accurately, and I often find myself accidentally shooting blurry photos. I've had to become more careful in making sure the subject was in focus, and sometimes had to resort to manual focus. However, this is not a big issue and I'm learning to adapt.

Overall, an excellent lens and such a great tool to add to your collection. You can't beat the price! Plus, for smaller female, this lightweight lens is much more comfortable to carry around for hours. Get both the 35mm and the 50mm! They're worth it!

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

I needed a fast lens for portraits and video. This lens is the perfect complement to my 18-200 f3.5-5.6 giving me a fast alternative for under $. The 35mm with the 1.5x crop of the D7000's APS-C sensor gives you what would be a 52.5mm equivalent. Very sharp with no barrel distortion. Feels a little light and plasticky, but it seems to be very durable.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

perfect lens for any dx camera user,
nice smooth bokeh

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

I would give this 3 1/2 stars if half stars were an option. I bought this for low light use although thought I would be able to use it for general walk-around use on my D5100 (as the DX equivalent of a 50mm lens on a full frame camera). Compared with the AF-S DX 18-200mm that I use on a regular basis, I find the focus on this lens a little soft, even at higher apertures. It produces good, but not fantastic images - but does so at a very budget price. If you are looking for sharper images, I imagine that the full-frame AF-S 35mm 1.4G will produce much better images - at a much higher price and much larger physical size.

Some other reviewers have reported bad bokeh with this lens; I have not found this to be the case and find the bokeh to be very good: smooth and non-geometric.

This is a good budget prime. That said, if you aren't shooting low-light/natural-light, aren't shooting extremely narrow depth-of-field, and need a zoom lens anyway, consider the AF-S DX 18-200mm 3.5G as a better every day lens.

I recommend the AF-S DX 35mm 1.8g with reservations.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

It's great! Had it for the past week. No trouble so far. My first fixed lens, so moving around is taking a lot of getting used to. It's accomplishing what I wanted which was to create more depth of field. My pictures look more high quality. Excellent in low lighting.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

First of all I love prime lenses. They tend to be a bit sharper than the zoom lenses. Second, I do a lot of indoor photograhy at school plays where they don't allow for flash photography. With my f2.8 zoom I had to use 1,600 ISO and now I can use the lower ISO settings and still have a fast enough shutter speed to get the shots. Even with the D300 there is a big difference in the digital noise or gain in the photo between 400 or 800 ISO and 1,600 or 32,000 ISO. I love this lens. It is light, very sharp, f1.8 fast and the AFS makes the focus fast enough to use even for the indoor basket ball games.

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This have a very sharp picture. Exelence for video film and portrait picture.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

Have used the lens to take photos of the family inside and out. The lens has been very easy to use and has provided some very good photos. This is my first prime lens and still learning on how best to use. I am very satisfied, nice quality.

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I can't speak enough about the improvement in quality of pictures when switching to fixed focal lenses. Great product!

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

I LOVE this lens. It's compact, fast, good in low light and has great depth of field. I've used this lens in a variety of situations and am always pleased with the image quality. I enjoy taking Street Photography and this lens mounted on my D7000 allows me to blend in as another tourist and I am able to capture people as they are. It's so light I almost forget that I've got my camera with me.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

I use this lens for candid photos at indoor evening events like weddings and parties. The performance (speed) of this lens for low light conditions is extremely good especially for its' price. It has absolutely zero drawbacks as long as you don't need zoom (I zoom by stepping closer or farther from the subject)

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Pervectly sharp lens. I can say many things, but to appreciate this lens - you must have one. Buy it - you will not regret.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

I bought my first dSLR, skipped the kit lens, and bought this lens because I primarily shoot pictures of my 1 year old daughter inside my (poorly lit) house. It has helped me get some great shots and deal with indoor/low-light in a way that I do not think would have been possible with the kit lens.

The images are sharp, the bokeh is nice, and it focuses quickly/silently, and lets me get sharp pictures of my little one as she runs around the house.

I had planned on getting the 50mm, but it was out of stock. I am glad that I got this lens now because I find myself occasionally wishing it was a little wider. I think I would be frustrated trying to shoot inside with the 50mm.

The one benefit to the kit lens (for my purposes) would be that it CAN go a bit wider.

Comments about Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX Lens:

nice light weight alternative to the zooms, cheaper and very sharp. low light wonder.