photo:nikondxlenses
Nikon DX lenses
introduction
Nikon DX lenses are designed for the 1.5x cropped sensor Nikon dSLRs and have a smaller than normal image circle and thus will not function on a full frame dSLR
Nikon has a wider range of cropped sensor lenses than does
Canon, perhaps as they delayed the production of a full frame dSLR and their users were more reliant upon DX dSLRs.
interestingly they did create a fisheye and a standard lens.
like Canon, the early versions of the standard zooms were particularly poor that they were an embarassment, thankfully version II were significantly better but still not great
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fisheye lens
Nikon AF DX Fisheye Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED
2003 model
min. focus 0.14m
300g
63 x 63mm
$A1075
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macro lenses
Nikon AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm F2.8
Nikon AF-S DX Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/3.5G ED VR
wide angle zooms
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 10-24mm f/3-5-4.5G ED
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G ED-IF
standard zooms
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
standard prime
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
2009 model, 52mm in 35mm terms
“Slightly soft and low in contrast wide open
Lateral chromatic aberration somewhat higher than traditional 50mm 'standard' primes
Prone to purple fringing and bokeh chromatic aberration, most visible at large apertures”
1)
to get reasonably sharp across the frame, it needs to be stopped down to f/2.8
the above is disappointing given that the whole reason for buying this lens is to use it wide open.
min. focus 0.30m
internal rear focus
210g
70 x 53mm
52mm filter
$A345
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telephoto zooms
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G VR
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
photo/nikondxlenses.txt · Last modified: 2011/12/21 23:31 by gary