Nikon 20mm f/2.8D AF

If you're a full-frame shooter, your ultra wide-angle options are reasonably restricted and pretty expensive but if you still want the flexibility of a fast maximum aperture on an ultra wide-angle lens, then a prime lens like the Nikon 20mm f/2.8 is...

What you should know: If any optic in Nikon's extensive lens line can be called a standard ultrawide, it's the long-running 20mm f/2.8D AF Nikkor. Covering an impressive 94- degree angle, it's also pleasantly compact and fast enough for available-light...

After reading some so-so reviews of it I am surprised by how good it is.

I've been three samples of this lense.

I was looking for some light and bright wide angle lens to replace a nice but heavy Tokina 12-24/4.

I have the older AIS version of this lens, but have read that the optics were unchanged in the move to autofocus. As other reviewers have noted, this was one of my favorite lenses when shooting on film, but its usefulness on digital is limited by the...

Had this lens for awhile. Love it on a film body, seldom use it on a digital.

Sharp Nikkor with excellent contrast. Exactly the

This lens was one of my favorite as long as I shooted on film. A LARGE number of my best photos was made with it, it spent lot of time on my F5. This is a small, (relatively) inexpensive lens that truly opens the wide angle range to film shooters...

This is the lens that opened my eyes to wide angle photography when I bought it 10 years ago. As a news photographer, this lens was on my film body 90 percent of the time. I got some of my best shots with it. When I don't want to intimidate a group of...