Well-suited for landscape and travel photography, the NIKKOR 24mm f/2.8 from Nikon offers a wide-angle field of view along with a compact, lightweight form factor perfect to walkaround use. Its modest f/2.8 maximum aperture strikes a balance between its sleek size and being fast enough for working in low-light conditions. In regard to the optics, a Close Range Correction system helps to ensure consistent image quality and accurate rendering throughout the focusing range, from 1' to infinity. Additionally, a seven-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing bokeh quality.
- F-Mount Lens/FX Format
- Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22
- Close Range Correction System
- Manual Focus Design
Nikon NIKKOR 24mm f/2.8 Overview
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Nikon NIKKOR 24mm f/2.8 Reviews
Nikon manual focus forever!
They don't make them like this anymore. It's true, they don't make this lens anymore! If you're fortunate enough to own one you know that you've got a lens that will last you forever and give you pictures you will treasure forever. I just wish Nikon would have kept making them.
Still great in 2019
Well built, smooth focusing, sharp throughout the range and refreshingly compact for a full frame lens. If youre after a manual focus F mount lens in this extremely versatile focal length you shouldnt hesitate.
VERY NICE
I have recently gotten back into my film photography something about film and the manual cameras you just can't lay down or I can't so I picked up this lens for my Nikon FM2 and love it smooth focusing and in my opinion very sharpe I just love the hole concept of the manual film cameras, not selling my digital equipment but it is nice to step back and take your time thinks to Nikon for still making these lens (how about coming out with a FM4a. also big thinks to B&H for their outstanding customer service
Great Landscape Lens
If you are shooting any sort of scape, be it Landscape, Cityscape, Seascape etc., Nikon's AIS lenses are great lenses. While they are not as sharp as the newer lenses wide open, they are as or nearly as sharp stopped down to f/5.6 or more where you want to be shooting landscapes. The only potential gotacha is the 20mm 2.8 AIS on a seascape, as it has hard to correct distortion.
Great lens
Use my 2.8/24 mm since 1980 and am still happy with it. I use it also with my D7200 and it works perfectly as moderate (36 mm) wide angle. Autofocus is very convenient and I use these lenses for fast working, but my old manual focus lenses are still a mandatory for my landscape photography.
An old excellant friend
I've had this lens for about 30 years now and currently when I want to use my D600 as a point and shoot this old standby fills the bill to perfection. Setting the camera on manual with a shutter speed of 1/125 ap at f/8, ISO on auto and focus at about 9 feet, all you have to think about is composure. The lens has never failed to deliver excellent IQ. (Just be careful of situations where you'll encounter flare). For most general 'walk around' photography, with this lens you'll never miss auto focus.
An old friend!
A couple of years back I decided to leave my zooms at home and get back to using all primes. Naturally, this found its way back into my camera bag. I checked the serial number and found it went back to 1981 when I bought it new. It has become my go to lens once again! If you want to focus with your brain rather than rely on an algorithm someone else programed in, this is the way to go!
A TRUE Wide Angle Lens
This is a beautifully made and traditionally constructed gem of a lens which is or was DESIGNED for use with 35mm film or FX ('Full Frame') digital cameras. Used with these cameras this lens provides an 84-degree Angle of View, and especially with certain subjects, it will produce pictures with the dramatic and exaggerated perspective associated with true wide angle lenses, though not with the extreme perspective produced by 'Ultra- Wide Angle' lenses. This lens has many uses but it's especially good for landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes for example, as well as for architecture and interiors. In my experience, this lens is QUITE similar to the 28mm, but the 28mm lens is not as impressively 'Wide' as the 24mm lens which behaves more like a true Wide Angle Lens. (The 28mm lens provides a 74-degree angle of view, which is noticeably less wide than the 24mm's, but this makes the 28mm lens the more ideal, general purpose one for travel, interiors and 'environmental' portraits for example. I use and love BOTH.)