Album images with the Nikon Nikkor Ai 28mm f/3.5, an enthusiast's favorite with a stellar reputation for performance and image characteristics.
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The Nikkor Ai-S 28mm f/3.5 is a legacy manual focus Nikon that carries the reputation of being the very best that Nikon (or Nippon Kogaku, as it was then known) had to offer. The lens has undergone progressive development since its launch as the Nikkor-H Auto 28mm f/3.5 in 1959, with the design evolving into the Ai version, manufactured from 1977 to 1981, and the Ai-S version, from 1981 to 1985. The AI-S version was also to be the last 28mm f/3.5 lens from Nikon.
The lens, a 6-element in 6-group design with a a 7-blade iris, has an all-metal barrel and silky focus mechanism, has a minimum focusing distance of 0.3 meters, comes with an aperture range from f/3.5 to f/22, measures 65mm long, has a focus throw of about 180 degrees, takes 52mm filters with a non-rotating thread, and weighs 242 grams.
The lens is also known to excel with its optical performance, distinctive rendering characteristics, sharp with subtle color nuances, which adds to the legacy of its adaptability to both film and modern digital cameras. Although updated and overshadowed by the 28mm f/2.8 and 28mm f/2 models, the Ai copy remains a favorite among enthusiasts, thanks to its balanced and compact performance.
Album Images
Images here were shot with the Nikkor Ai-S 28mm f/3.5 mounted on the Nikon D200, a 10.2MP CCD professional-grade digital SLR camera released in 2005, built within a rugged magnesium alloy chassis, and with excellent build quality. The camera is much sought after in the used market for its unique image quality, robust build, performance, and affordability.
Nikon D200, Nikkor Ai 28mm f/3.5
On 1.5x crop sensor D200, the Nikkor Ai-S 28mm f/3.5 equates to a 42mm prime on a 35mm full-frame camera, close enough to the 43.3mm diagonal dimension of the film frame, making it almost an automatic choice for a 'standard normal' lens, i.e., lenses with a focal length and field of view that mimic what the human eye sees.
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