Digital Camera News and Reviews

AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm F/1.8G

Dpreview has reviewed the new Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm 1:1.8G DX lens that Nikon announced back in February 2009. The lens is only compatible for DX-mount DSLR camera bodies and can not be used on the Full Frame cameras from Nikon.

Andy Westlake of Dpreview ends up giving the Nikon lens a “Highly Recommended” rating because it is able to produce excellent photos when you stop it down a little. It also has very good and fast auto focus.
The only downsides that the Nikon lens is a bit soft wide open, and it got some purple fringing and chromatic aberrations.
Seems like an excellent prime lens for Nikon photographers on a budget.
Read the full review of the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm 1:1.8G DX lens here.

Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZF

DIWA Labs has tested a mechanical lens from Carl Zeiss, the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZF. This lens is fully manual and it has some vignetting on a Full Frame camera at the biggest apertures. DIWA Labs used a Nikon D3 DSLR camera to perform all the tests of the lens.

Read all the tests of the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZF lens on the Nikon D3 camera body here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f2 ZF

The reputable website DIWA Labs has tested the manual lens Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f2 ZF on a Nikon D3 camera body. Carl Zeiss are known for having very good lenses and the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f2 ZF is no exception.
One downside is that you get some vignetting on a Full Frame camera body when you use the largest apertures.

Read all the tests of the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f2 ZF lens on a Nikon D3 DSLR camera here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm f/2.8 ZF

DIWA Labs has tested Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm f/2.8 ZF lens on a Nikon D3 camera body. This lens is completely manual so you have to manual exposure mode on the camera and use manual focusing.
Since the Carl Zeiss lens was tested on a Full Frame camera it did produce some vignetting at the largest apertures.

Read all the test of the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm f/2.8 ZF lens on the Nikon D3 camera here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.