Nikon Nikkor 28mm F/3.5
Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · February 1975
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · Nikon NIKKOR 28mm 1:3.5
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame wide-angle prime lens
- System:
- · Nikon F (1959)
Model history (5)
| ■Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-H Auto 28mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 6 | 0.60m | ⌀52 | 1960 ● | |
| ■Nippon Kogaku / Nikon Nikkor-H[·C] Auto 28mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 6 | 0.60m | ⌀52 | 1968 ● | |
| ■Nikon Nikkor 28mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 6 | 0.30m | ⌀52 | 1975 ● | |
| ■Nikon AI Nikkor 28mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 6 | 0.30m | ⌀52 | 1977 ● | |
| ■Nikon AI-S Nikkor 28mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 6 | 0.30m | ⌀52 | 1981 ● | |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 28mm | |
| F/3.5 | |
| 6 elements in 6 groups | |
| Nikon F [46.5mm] | |
| 75.4° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings only) |
| 7 (seven) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.30m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 230g | |
| ⌀63.5×42mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 52mm | |
| HN-2 - Screw-type round | |
| <No data> |
Source of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
Manufacturer description
Ever since its introduction over ten years ago, the inexpensive and high performance 28mm f/3.5 lens has been a very popular model with Nikon users. For most general wideangle photography situations (except those under low-light conditions), the handy lens size, light weight, and wide-field coverage have convinced many a user of the merits of this excellent unit. The new 28mm f/3.5 Nikkor continues in the tradition of the former model, retaining the same handy size and including an improved optical system capable of even higher overall performance; coma and distortion are fully controlled, with contrast and brilliance at the same high levels. The new lens also continues to offer full correction of spherical aberration, thus, eliminating focus shift as the diaphragm is stopped down; this feature is particularly important, as the new model now features aperture settings to f/22 - a one stop improvement. The application of NIC on air-to-glass lens surfaces is one more improvement ensuring top image quality, high image contrast. As with most other wideangle Nikkor lenses, this unit is provided with the 52mm attachment size for most common lens accessories.
Notes
- This non-AI lens was designed for Nikon F, F2, Nikkormat FS, FT, FT2, FTN, EL, ELW 35mm film SLR cameras.
- Non-AI lenses cannot be used on Nikon digital SLR cameras (except for the Df) or late (AI) film SLR cameras. However, non-AI lenses can be fitted to Nikon FM, FE, EL2, F3, F4 and Nikkormat FT3 cameras which used the AI metering system but allowed the metering coupling lever to be disengaged. The F5 could have this mechanism fitted as an optional extra. Non-AI lenses can be also fitted to the Nikon F2A and F2AS cameras because the AI mechanism was fitted to the removable metering prism.