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Nikon Nikkor AF-S 20 mm f/1.8G ED

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Manufacturer Nikon Nikkor
Model AF-S 20 mm f/1.8G ED
Lens style Wide angle
Focal length 20 mm
Maximum aperture f/1.8
Angle of view 94.5 o
Closest focusing distance 0.2 m
Maximum magnification 1:4.35
Minimum aperture 16
Number of diaphragm blades 7
Auto focus type AF SWM
Lens Construction 13 elements / 11 groups
Filter diameter 77 mm
Macro No
Available mounts Nikon F
Dimensions 81 x 83 mm
Weight 355 g
Additional information Anounced: Sep 12, 2014
2 ED and 2 aspherical lenses.
Average rating (6 owners reviews)
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4.33 Good
Owners reviews (6)
  1. kds8404
    kds8404 2 December 2017, 09:40
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    IP 75.170.x.x
    Owner since: 3 years
    Price: 800
    User profile: Amateur

    Cons: Difficult to manually focus (live-view for astro)

    Pros: Tack-sharp for a 20mm Good coma at 2.8 Lightweight Excellent color and contrast Amazing starburst effect when stopped down

    Summary: Perfect for astrophotography and landscapes. This lens is almost always in my bag. I would have to replace it if lost or damaged. I use it on both FX and DX.

  2. Kevinfh
    Kevinfh 11 February 2017, 18:50
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    IP 47.200.x.x
    Owner since: 2 years
    Price: 800?
    User profile: Amateur

    Cons: Plasticky, would like finer adjustment of manual focus. The infinity focus is not at the hard stop.

    Pros: While made of plastic, but it\'s good plastic and has taken a beating by me and still works well. I use it for astrophotography on a D750. Focusing is done in live view. I keep a piece of electrical tape on the focus ring and tweak the focus

    Summary: A good lens, maybe not as good a choice as the Rokinon 24 for astro, but I haven\'t tried them side by side. As a general purpose wide angle, it is good. The auto focus is great in the daytime.

  3. Nick
    Nick 28 November 2016, 06:06
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    IP 90.151.x.x
    Owner since: 2 years
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    User profile: Professional

    Cons: -

    Pros: Small, light weight, optical quality

    Summary: Very good.

  4. lhomme
    lhomme 10 November 2016, 09:50
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    IP 195.6.x.x
    Owner since: 3 months
    Price: 700€
    User profile: Semipro

    Cons: Weird field curvature. Cannot do full frame focused at infinite. The focus ring has slack. Too plastiky, feels a bit flimsy.

    Pros: Very light, compact, fast AF, good sharpness, nice bokeh, nice stars

    Summary: Sold for the sigma

  5. Haitong Yu
    Haitong Yu 3 December 2015, 20:43
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    IP 166.111.x.x
    Owner since: 6 months
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    User profile: Semipro

    Cons: Slight flare, very short range of focus ring.

    Pros: Very fast optics in an extremely small and light package; very good optics performance; comfortable focal length; beautiful sunstars.

    Summary: Currently my favorite length on my Nikon D610 and Sony a7s. Its light and small package is so convenient and a joy to use that I do not have any word on its build quality. Very handy not only as a superb astro lens but also as for everyday use of landscape pictures. The sunstar is the most beautiful I've ever use. Although the resolution results are not that rosy on FF edges, it never really bothers me in real shootings because of its lack of coma and aberrations.

  6. bjornrv
    bjornrv 1 March 2015, 08:41
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    IP 84.87.x.x
    Owner since: 3 months
    Price: 700€
    User profile: Professional

    Cons: build quality, a bit to much plastic

    Pros: weathersealed? Good results combined with a d750 / d800 even wide open used as a astrophotography-lens, relative low coma, thats mostly gone @ f2.8. Nice sunstars, very usable in contrajour shots. Low flare! Suberb ir-lens no hotspots on a d200 uvir. lightweight

    Summary: very usable in harsh conditions, tested in NewZealand / Fiordlands under extreme wet conditions, with harsh light.