Nikon Series E 28mm F/2.8
Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · November 1979
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · Nikon LENS SERIES E 28mm 1:2.8
- Class:
- · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
- System:
- · Nikon F (1959)
Abbreviations
| SERIES E | Economy line of AI-S series lenses. Learn more |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 28mm | |
| F/2.8 | |
| 5 elements in 5 groups | |
| Nikon F [46.5mm] | |
| 75.4° (35mm full frame) | |
| On Nikon D APS-C [1.53x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 42.8mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/4.3 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 53.6° |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings + Auto Exposure setting) |
| 7 (seven) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.30m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 150g | |
| ⌀62.5×35mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 52mm | |
| HR-6 - Screw-type round | |
| Nikon Teleconverter TC-14A → 39.2mm F/3.9 | |
| Nikon Teleconverter TC-201 → 56mm F/5.6 |
Sources of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
- Nikkor lenses booklet (1984).
- Nikon Series E Lenses For Nikon System Cameras booklet (February 1981).
Manufacturer description
For sweeping landscapes, for cramped interiors, for tightly framed close-ups less than a foot away, the Nikon 28mm f2.8 Series E is the perfect choice. Use it also to create a feeling of 'depth' and dramatic perspectives. it's marvelously compact and light, with excellent contrast and edge-to-edge brightness that are astounding in so affordable a lens. Takes in almost 4 times the area of the normal 50mm lens, with high f2.8 speed and sharpness to make quick, accurate focusing easy even in poor light. And at its minimum aperture of f22, everything's sharp from about two feet all the way to infinity!
Nikon Series E
A line of compact, lightweight and low-cost lenses designed and built by Nikon expressly for use with Nikon AI-system cameras and available in the most popular focal lengths.
- Full performance with all AI (Automatic Indexing) Nikon SLR cameras;
- Plastic exterior parts, aperture rings and lens chambers that hold lens elements;
- Minimized number of lens elements, less expensive glass materials;
- Standard Nikon 52mm filters for added convenience and economy.
From the editor
To compliment the economically priced Nikon EM camera Nikon introduced a simple five-element design 28mm lens for the E-series in 1979. Image quality can best be described as average, but then it was a lens that was built to a specific price point, and aimed at less demanding enthusiast photographers who were unlikely to require significant enlargements from their negative and transparencies.
A second variant of the E-series lens was offered that has a narrow chrome finish mounting ring around the lens barrel and a modified rubberized focusing grip.
Notes
- This AI-S lens was designed for Nikon FA, FG, N2000, N6000 AI-S cameras and Nikon F3, EL2, EM, FE, FE2, FE10, FG-20, FM, FM2, FM10, FM3A, Nikkormat FT3 AI cameras. The automatic aperture control will only be available on AI-S cameras.
- AI and AI-S lenses are backward compatible with Nikon F, F2, Nikkormat FS, FT, FT2, FTN, EL, ELW cameras.
- On Nikon digital SLR cameras, the automatic exposure metering with AI and AI-S lenses will not be available on D40, D40X, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D3000-D3500, D5000-D5600 series.