Brand: Nikon
Category: Photography

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

7 reviews

Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Focal Length: 24
Minimum Focal Length: 24
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 4.1 x 3.9 x 3.6

MPN: 1919
Model: 1919
UPC: 018208019199
EAN: 0018208019199
ASIN: B00005LE6Z

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Compact wide-angle lens construction
•	Superb optical design for architecture, wedding, and landscape photography
•	84-degree (61-degree with Nikon DX format) picture coverage with edge-to-edge sharpness
•	Close Range Correction system provides high performance at both near and far focusing distances
•	Nikon Super Integrated Coating for minimized flare and ghost, providing good color balance

Accessories:

•	Tiffen 52mm 25 Filter (Red)
•	Tiffen 52mm 11 Filter (Green)
•	Tiffen 52mm 47 Filter (Blue)
•	Tiffen 52mm 58 Filter (Green)
•	Tiffen 52mm 80A Filter

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
24mm D-Series Wideangle lens for Nikon cameras

Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Fast, perfect lens... June 29, 2008
Jennifer L. Griffith (Tucson, AZ)
This lens is a necessity when shooting with the Letus Extreme or Redrock 35mm adaptor!

3 out of 5 stars

Just a bad copy ? June 3, 2008
wolflike
I am one of the dinosaurs still shooting 35mm films. I am used to Nikon primes and wont change them for any zoom. I already own AF 24mm N and wanted (just for passion) to replace it with a newer 'D' version, just to fully use the Nikon 3D Matrix metering capability.

First of all, the lens arrived in an oversized package without ANY inside protection, no foam, polystyrene, air filled bags, nothing, so the small lens box could have been jumping and bumping through the delivery package at will. This is not the way how professionals pack and ship the precise and high quality optics!!! Just week ago I got Nikkor 180 from BH photo, you should have seen how this one was carefully packed and secured - like a nuke transport.

Second, the lens has somewhat wobbling front element, the focus ring is a bit loose, when you try to move it manually, you hear and feel slight inner bumps at the beginning as if the moving mechanism was not really tight. Funny thing is that when you hold the lens 90 degrees right, the focusing becomes smooth. Definitely there is a bit loose element inside. I know I might be too picky in these days of plastic consumer photo gear, but still, this could by acceptable for cheap zooms, but not for nikkor primes!!! This feels like my cheap chinamade Nikkor 50mm 1.8.

I am going to return the lens, disappointed. As said, I do have nikkor primes, even older AF 24mm f2.8 N, so I can well compare and said that this one piece does not make a good name for the brand. I am sure or hope though, that it is just an exception and that even these days Nikon's primes are still reasonably well built, in most cases.

So although I know the good one should have 5 stars for its optical performance, I gave just 3 as this should not happen for this product line. I am rather not rating the Amazon's packaging, it would be unfair to give the lens just one or two stars

5 out of 5 stars

smooth focus June 5, 2007
Raphael J. Matto
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have three nikon primes: 50, 35, & 24. they're all great, but I prefer this lens because I use manual focus quite a lot, & it focuses much more smoothly. with the 35 & 50, there is a slight feeling of the gears rotating inside the lens (not just my copies -- I tested it on a friend's copy of the 35 & 50). with the 24, I don't get that feeling -- it's perfectly smooth -- perhaps because of the heavier & more complex lens elements.

4 out of 5 stars

Sharp lens December 8, 2006
Ratboy55 (Hercules, CA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

For a prime lens, this medium wide angle lens produces sharp images between f/5.6 - f/11. I would not recommend going beyond f/11 for the CA starts looking more and more apparent on print. Other than that, it's a sufficient wide angle prime lens and definitely produces very sharp images. I wish it was faster with a max aperture of f/2.0 or f/1.8 for more low light photography capabilities, but overall, it's a fine and dandy lens. I've always been a prime lens guy because I have not come across too many zoom lens (unless they were almost $1000 or more) which produce the same quality of images. Definitely the 24mm f/2.8d is worth it. Despite f/2.8 being the largest aperture, it's still a decent lens.

5 out of 5 stars

Fine Moderate Wide Angle Autofocusing Lens July 30, 2005
John Kwok (New York, NY)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful

This autofocusing 24mm f2.8 Nikkor lens is optically unchanged from the manual focusing 24mm f2.8 Nikkor lens that I once owned. This speaks rather well for this design, which was the first ever made with Nikon's CRC (floating element) feature. It certainly is one of the best 24mm lenses available, with fine contrast and resolution. Its performance is almost as good as the venerable Contax Carl Zeiss T* 25mm f2.8 Distagon which I own now; itself another excellent lens design which also dates from the late 1960s. If you tend to photograph a lot of landscapes or need to cover a moderate amount of interior space without excessive distortion, then this will be an excellent lens to add to your Nikon autofocus SLR system. Since this is a Nikon AI-S lens, it will also work too with any manual focusing Nikon camera dating as far back as the venerable Nikon F2A and Nikkormat FT3.