Nikon 24mm f2.8 AFD

Nikon's 24mm 2.8 af-d is one of nikon's older primes and still in production(probably due for an upgrade soon with a swm version perhaps).The lens was made in 1993 by nikon japan.It performs fairly ok on digital bodies i guess have seen some better shots on fm film camera's and not really optimized for digital.





That being said the major plus points are

• its small in size
• generally fast focusing(on d90 body)
• has an angle of 36mm on a cropped sensor(adequate sensor adn wider than that on a kit-lens when used on a film body)
• great for film users due to aperature ring

The cons are

• its max aperature is on f/2.8 as compared to some other canon and sigma variations with a maximum aperature of f/1.8
• still relatively expensive at about $570 SGD
• af only no af-s function to cater for models like d40,d60 and d5000

Generally the lens is great for a walk about as its closer to a traditional 35mm angle of view.Wide but note to wide to create excessive exaggeration in shots.Its great team to mh af 50mm f/1.8d.Was considering the new af-s 35mm,but for now i dont really see the need and how that lens wil fit in between these 2.What next?Af-s 85mm?Well im hoping for a 1.8 version rather than a 1.4 version as that would probaly cost close to a 2k region!