Nikon AF14mm f/2.8D ED Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: vidcon
(Expert)

Review Date
April 11, 2002

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
4 votes

Review 1 of 5

Price Paid: $1200.00 from ebay

Summary:

A great ulta wide angle lens. I like it better than my 15mm f3.5 Nikkor. Better flare control and lighter. Sharp images!

Strengths:

Weight, sharpness, & flare control.

Weaknesses:

Price and a lens cap (soft leather) that is very difficult to put on without touching the front element.

Similar Products Used:

Nikon 15mm f3.5 AIS, Nkon 18mm f3.5 AIS, Nikon 20mm f2.8 AIS

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Rating
Reviewed by: Francesco Rizzuto
(Expert)

Review Date
September 13, 2001

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 2 of 5

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

This is one fantastic wide angle. Superb edge to edge sharpness, great contrast, great flare control. I considered buying the Nikkor 15 3.5 but I felt the capabilities of my F5 are better exploited with the 14 2.8. If your in the market for an ultra wide look no further, plus it is very solidly made.

Strengths:

Linear image, special effects possible by tilting and manipulating the lens, sharpness, contrast, build quality, flare control.

Weaknesses:

No hard case included,no hard cap included either. Would have liked bayonet filters as opposed to gel.

Similar Products Used:

Nikkor 15mm 3.5, Nikkor 20mm 2.8.

Customer Service:

None needed

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Rating
Reviewed by: STEVEN FISCHER
(Expert)

Review Date
August 20, 2001

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Review 3 of 5

Price Paid: $1500.00 from MAIL ORDER

Summary:

EXPENSIVE BUT WORTH IT. THE BEST ULTRA WIDE ANGLE LENS AVAILABLE. I WISH IT DID NOT TAKE GEL FILTERS AS I FIND THEM HAD TO HANDLE WITH OUT SCRATCHING. IF YOU AGREE PLEASE WRITE OR E MAIL NIKON YOUR VIEWS.

Strengths:

SHARP, CONTRASTY, LOW FLAIR COMPAIRED TO SIGMA AND TAMRON.

Weaknesses:

REAR GEL FILTERS, THIS LENS SHOULD HAS HAS BAYONET FILTERS SIMILAR TO THE NIKON 16MM 2.8D LENS. NIKON STATED TO ME IN AN E-MAIL THAT PHOTOGRAPHERS PERFERRED GEL FILTERS DUE TO THE VARIETY AVAILABLE.

Similar Products Used:

NIKON 16MM 2.8D, NIKON 20-35MM F2.8D,

Customer Service:

HAVE NEVER USED SINCE I STARTED USING NIKON IN 1964.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Gary Cook
(Intermediate)

Review Date
July 19, 2001

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Review 4 of 5

Price Paid: $1399.00 from B&H Photo in NYC

Summary:

The most excellent wide angle lens I have ever used. Teriffic!

Strengths:

Very wide field of view, 114 degrees. Sharp

Weaknesses:

No possible front protective U/V filter.
Expensive
Cumbersome lens cap/cover.

Similar Products Used:

17-35 f/2.8 ED AFS
16 f/2.8 Fisheye

Customer Service:

Have not used. Came with 5 year Nikon extended warranty.

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Rating
Reviewed by: eric carleson
(Intermediate)

Review Date
February 16, 2001

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Review 5 of 5

Price Paid: $1300.00 from friend

Summary:

solid. looks cool. matchs a F5 perfectly. nice handheld feel. I have had this lense for about 2 months now and probably used about 50-60 rolls on this lense alone. I have never had a problem yet, except one might say it is alittle contrasty.

Strengths:

solid build, seems smaller then the sigma 14 I used to use. but I never had them side to side so I really can't say one is smaller then the other. great optical quality.

Weaknesses:

the glass is ibviously big on a lense of this sort so one must be aware of the direction of the light coming into the lense.

Similar Products Used:

sigma HSM 14mm. (great lense no problems, I just perfer to keep as much of my gear the same brand as I can. it's just one of those weird things about me) I also use a 16mm nikon fisheye alot, but I can't really say that lense should be compared to this lense for they are of completly different sorts.

Customer Service:

none.

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