The Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 AI Lens

'Modern English Usage' was first published in 1926. Since that time the language has been well and truly mangled.

My photograph was made in available light using a Nikon 28mm f/3.5 lens on a Canon digital SLR camera. The field of view would therefore be equivalent to 45mm on full frame. However, all the wide angle lens characteristics remain preserved, including the depth of field advantage.

Bjørn Rørslett remarks that the 28mm f/3.5 performs excellently on the D2X and D200 digital bodies, giving very sharp and crisp images with just ever so slight a trace of CA. He adds that shooting directly into the sun with this lens is a breeze, and that this lens is one he nearly always carries with him on field trips.

It seems also to do quite nicely on a Canon EOS 30D via an adapter. It weighs only 8.55 ounces; the optical quality is excellent; and its mechanical quality makes it a joy to use even 40 years after it was built.