[Hervé]

hello, I've heard very good things about this lens... any recommandations ?

thanks

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3 ... f_2_8.html

[Leonardo]

hello, I've heard very good things about this lens... any recommandations ?

thanks

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3 ... f_2_8.html

what do you need it for?

[Hervé]

very sharp close ups... and almost no deformation.. and from what I read from different sites.. this one does wonder.. I was just wondering if any of you has it..?

[Leonardo]

very sharp close ups... and almost no deformation.. and from what I read from different sites.. this one does wonder.. I was just wondering if any of you has it..?

well, what type of close ups? 28mm is a pretty wide angle! wouldn't you rather a 50mm?

[-Adrian]

Depends on if he has a full frame body. With an APS-C format sensor, i think 28 is pretty good for what he wants to do. Can't comment on this lens, not an expert

[Leonardo]

I'm not an expert either .... perhaps he should go and ask at dpreview or something

[-Adrian]

Damn right he should.

[Hervé]

dang... should I... nahhh, I prefer my friends here...

OK, this is to go on a NikonD200...

read the rather excellent review here...

from here..
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/28f28ais.htm

This is Nikon's sharpest wide angle lens.

This is a spectacular and inexpensive lens. There is no sharper wide angle lens made by Nikon for SLR cameras, and it is the only Nikon wide angle, along with the 15mm f/3.5, that is completely free from barrel distortion at ordinary distances.

Optically this is almost a perfect lens and one of the most perfect lenses you can get to fit a Nikon camera.

Nikon let their designers go wild on this otherwise pedestrian seeming lens. Instead of a simple 5 element design that every other 28mm f/2.8 lens uses, including the original AF version, this lens has EIGHT elements in EIGHT groups. This allows it a level of correction seen in no other Nikon wide angle. Nikon wanted to show the optical world who was boss here.