• 52mm Filter Size
• Close Focusing Down to 9″ (228.6mm)
• 74° Angle of Coverage (FX-format)
• 53° Angle of Coverage (DX-format)
• Super Integrated Lens Coating (SIC)
• Good for Portraits, Landscapes & Candids

Designed for the photographer who wants to carry only one wide-angle lens, when travelling or at home, the AF NIKKOR 28mm f/2.8D Autofocus Lens offers exceptional flexibility, from landscapes to star trails. This standard wide-angle lens has a 74° angle of coverage which will let you capture beautiful portraits, and candids. For getting in close to your subjects you can focus down to 10.2″ (259.1mm) to capture images with a dynamic perspective.

Nikon D-type lenses transmit subject-to-camera distance information to the camera. The camera uses this distance information to refine its exposure calculations. The D-type lenses are necessary for many newer Nikon cameras to activate 3D Matrix Metering. G-type lenses also incorporate D technology.

Reviews

Nikkor AF 28mm f/2.8D – Review by photozone.de

The principal design of the Nikkor AF 28mm f/2.8D is obviously closely related to the AF 24mm f/2.8D so it shares some of its characteristics. The resolution figures are very good but otherwise the lens left something to be desired for a fix-focal. The lens exhibits relatively high barrel distortions, very high vignetting at f/2.8 and pronounced CAs. Spherical aberrations (focus shifts when stopping down) and high field curvature on top don’t make things any better. Compared to modern lenses the Nikkor seems to be a little dated but naturally it still remains a very good lens with a few bugs.

AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D lens review by olegnovikov.com

The lens does not perform well wide open at all; its performance improves at f/4 but then again f/4 is not

an exactly fast aperture. The lens’ only saving grace is that it performs very well at f/11. If you are looking for a small, light, inexpensive general–purpose wide–angle lens and expect to use it stopped down most of the time, then the AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D is a good choice. Otherwise, I would look elsewhere.