Nikon Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.8G DX

$197
35 mm
autofocus prime lens
f/1.8
Designed for APS-C Nikon DX Nikon AF-S Built in focus motor


Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars by 647 users at B&H Photo Video

"This lens has quickly become my default lens. It's very versatile, and the system allows focus to be tweaked manually after auto-focusing. For the price you can't beat it."

"Wonderful bokeh @ f/1.8, I never had a lens witch such wide aperture and results really stunning. "

"Only slight con is the focus is a little slower than I would expect. "

Full frame

This lens is compatible with Full frame cameras such as the Nikon D4.

horizontal angle of view
54.4°
35mm
35mm equivalent focal length

APS-C (1.5x crop factor)

This lens is compatible with APS-C (1.5x crop factor) cameras such as the Nikon D5100, Nikon D7000 and Nikon D3200.

horizontal angle of view
37.3°
53.5mm
35mm equivalent focal length

The Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.8G DX vs other Nikon DX lenses

	Prime lens
	Typically very sharp

	Silent focus motor
	Silent and fast

	Wide aperture
	f/1.8

The Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.8G DX vs other Nikon DX lenses

	Poor zoom range
	1x

	No image stabilization
	Risk of blur

The Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.8G DX vs other Nikon DX low light lenses

	Poor macro
	1:6.2 (0.2x)

General

	Min focal length	35 mm
	Max focal length	35 mm	below average
	Zoom range	1x	below average
	Magnification	1:6.2 (0.2x)	below average
Aperture

	Wide minimum	f/1.8	above average
	Wide maximum	f/22
	Tele minimum	f/1.8	above average
	Tele maximum	f/22
Features

	Auto focus	Yes
	Focus motor	Nikon AF-S	above average
	Image stabilization	None
	Fisheye	No
	Tilt-shift	No
Form factor

	Lens mount	Nikon DX
	Length	53 mm	above average
	Diameter	70 mm
	Filter size	52 mm
	Weight	200 g
Angle of view

	Wide horizontal	37.3°
	Telephoto horizontal	37.3°
	Wide vertical	25.1°
	Telephoto vertical	25.1°
	Wide diagonal	44°
	Telephoto diagonal	44°

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Zeya

(11:42 PM, April 23, 2013)

To calculate that, you just divide the full frame focal length by the crop factor of your target camera. So for a D7000, that would be 50mm/1.5 = 33.3mm. Since that's an "off" number, you just round to a nearby focal length actually in production, and that means 35mm is your closest.

Zeya

(11:38 PM, April 23, 2013)

This lens is one that is very commonly recommended to beginners as one of the first lenses they should get. There are a few reasons for that. First is the price. The only current generation lens you can get cheaper than this one is the standard kit lens (18-55mm 3.5-5.6). The lens is also lighter and smaller than most other commonplace lenses. This lens is also very "fast", meaning it has a very wide maximum aperture size (f/1.8, lower number value indicating wider opening and more light). That wide aperture lets the shooter use a narrow depth of field and learn about bokeh (out of focus areas), and also the ability to shoot in low light conditions without a flash. Furthermore, this lens is referred to as "normal", meaning that the angle of view closely approximates a human's field of vision (on a DX body), and so there's less of a learning curve than with a wide angle lens or zoom lens. This lens also takes sharp images with good color and low distortion. (Fixed focal length lenses such as this one tend to have good image quality, by the way.) So what are the drawbacks? Not much, other than what the lens "isn't". This lens doesn't have vibration reduction, a feature than can be nice when hand-holding. The minimum focusing distance could be nearer. Honestly, that's about all I can come up with for drawbacks. I recommend this lens to beginners, if it suits their needs... as long as they aren't doing very specific types of shooting to the point where they wouldn't use this lens (uncommon).

Mark

(0:49 PM, February 20, 2013)

Nikon 35mm 1.8G

Leftclicky

(9:39 AM, February 15, 2013)

35mm

julz

(6:21 PM, November 07, 2012)

Ok, so I'm thinking about purchasing the Nikon D7000. I'll be using it mostly for newborn photography. The 50mm f/1.4G lens seems to be preferred among newborn indoor, natural, window light photographers with full frame cameras. Since the D7000 isn't full frame, I'm thinking a 35mm would be best. If you agree, which lens do you think would be the most equivalent to the full frame 50mm?

foto1 Montreal

(1:18 AM, October 05, 2012)

I'm canadian too... go BH..really fair prices.

Arnault Tovar

(5:23 AM, July 14, 2012)

Hello,

But I d'ont think this lens is compatible with full frame. It's a DX lens.

Bye

foto1 Montreal

(3:37 AM, February 18, 2012)

I bought this lens, I plugged it into my D5100 and is just AWESOME. the bokeh is amazingly sharp, the freedom of f1.8 is just great (specially when you have young kids who tend to move faster than you... )
Indeed, I do make indoors mostly (as a guy who commented somewhere here), but I just took my camera outdoor at night and this lens rocks in low light as well. \the only "but" is the fact of 35mm which is pretty tight. attached some examples over the same object from f1.8 up to f8.0, diffrent deep of field gives a nice effect...

Steve

(10:06 AM, October 11, 2011)

What would the price of this one be in Aussie Dollars?....

lenshero

(0:35 AM, September 06, 2011)

Those are American prices, unfortunately us Canadians have to pay a premium for our lenses.

Leolin1

(0:05 PM, September 03, 2011)

I wonder where the price in lenshero comes from? I can never find such low price. Future shop, bestbuy, henry's, vistek,etc. They all have much higher price (usually about 30% higher)

LoveLensHero

(7:24 AM, August 18, 2011)

The price showing on this page is different on BH.

Julio Ignacio

(1:32 PM, August 02, 2011)

I'm paying the extra amount just bc this site is that awesome.

lenshero

(1:44 PM, July 21, 2011)

Hi again Tayllor, they both have the same size aperture, so both will be great for low light. The 35mm f/1.8G probably is a bit better at focusing than the 50mm f/1.8D, but the 50mm f/1.8D is probably a better focal length for portraits, and longer focal lengths are usually easier to blur the background with.

Nikon also has a newer 50mm f/1.8G lens which will autofocus with cameras like the Nikon D5100 (whereas the 50mm f/1.8D will not), unfortunately we haven't added it yet to lenshero.

Tayllor Masi

(3:06 AM, July 21, 2011)

For indoor shooting is the lens way better than the http://lenshero.com/lens/Nikon-50mm-f1.8D-lens ? Thanks for the help.

Dan

(8:36 AM, March 04, 2011)

I'm an "indoor party" photographer and this lens is like a gift from the heavens for me!

lenshero

(6:40 PM, January 28, 2011)

I apologize jaxcix, I did misunderstand. Here is a link for this lens at amazon with the LensHero affiliate code, hopefully that works for you!

jaxciz

(6:36 PM, January 28, 2011)

i don't think you understood my request lenshero. it is out of stock at B&H. i don't want a different lens. the link doesn't seem to have been updated for an in stock product. so it'd have to be at some other online retailer. they're still not in stock at B&H. i'll wait for a few more days and buy elsewhere unless you have a working link for me

lenshero

(3:00 AM, January 12, 2011)

Hi Jaxciz, awesome, we appreciate the support. If you click this link (which is for some other lens at B&H), then go buy the lens you want, LensHero will get credit!

We'll get that link updated, thanks.

Normally you could click just any link to B&H then buy what you want, but some of our B&H links are not through an affiliate system yet, so use that one I gave you.

jaxciz

(0:54 AM, January 12, 2011)

hi, I'd like to buy this lens through the affiliate ad in your site so that you can get the credit. The lens is out of stock at B&H Photo. Can you update the link with your next best price & in-stock option please?

Jason

(9:58 PM, December 18, 2010)

This is my #2 lens after my 18-200 VRII. For those of us running DX bodies, this equals out to about a 50mm which gives you a fairly 1:1 eye to photo ratio. Bokeh is very nice, autofocus is extremely quick and this thing weighs next to nothing. It does feel kinda cheap compared to the 50mm 1.4 simply because it's made of plastic, but for most people this should be a go to lens when you are shooting indoors or in low light. On my D7000 at ISO 3200, it feels like I could take X-Rays with this thing. Think "indoor party lens" and you won't go wrong.

missu

(6:07 AM, December 10, 2010)

I was thinking of making this my next lens and your site told me I should make it my next lens. Great minds think alike :-D

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Nikon Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.8G DX

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The Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.8G DX vs other Nikon DX lenses

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The Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.8G DX vs other Nikon DX lenses

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