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MINT!!!!
PRICE $2925.00
QUITE POSSIBLY THE SHARPEST WIDE ANGLE LENS AT 1.4 THAT COVERS FULL FRAME
Key Features
- Fast, f/1.4 wideangle lens
- Ideal for low-light photography
- Aspherical lens element offers minimized distortion and coma
- Close-Range Correction (CRC) system provides high performance at both near and far focusing distances
CHART FOR EXPLODED VIEW ATTACHED PIC:
: Aspherical lens elements
: ED glass elements
: Super ED glass elements
Nikon AF-D 28mm f/1.4 was the only ultra-fast wide-angle in Nikon's lens portfolio. Announced in 1993, the lens stayed in production for roughly 12 years, but the production volume remained rather low. According to Roland Vink's excellent Nikon lens pages just above 7000 units were produced, a number which was surpassed by both the AF-S 24/1.4 and AF-S 35/1.4 lenses in less than 2 years of production time. One reason for this was most likely the quite high price of the lens. The box of our review unit still carried its original price tag of 4999 DM (ancient German currency), which equivalents to roughly 2500 EUR (not taking inflation into account).
Being a rather rare and to many unaffordable lens, its value even increased after it was discontinued. With no replacement in sight for quite a while, used units in good or excellent condition sold for prices up to or even beyond 3000 USD/EUR.
