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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Nikon AF-S 105mm f/2.8 G ED VR Micro Pros: Best for macro AF Cons: Weight and size at the limit Opinion: I have used for a long time lighter and more compact macro lenses such as 60 AFD and 85 DX even on D800/850, lenses that however pay a price in terms of performance to this "beast". In reality it still handles well and is very balanced on D850, I would say that weight and bulk are at the limit for intensive use freehand but do not exceed this limit. The files are of absolute quality in terms of sharpness, blur and colors, even VR and AF work really well. I use it exclusively handheld and I think it's the best AF around, for manual focus from tripods there would be a separate chapter to do (100/2 Zeiss Makro, 150 Irix etc) sent on November 24, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF 35mm f/2 D Pros: compactness, weight Cons: General yield, field curvature Opinion: One of the few lenses that I didn't really like from Nikon. It certainly does its duty in what it is designed for but in the digital world it does not perform at all as well. The optics have a rendering with closed shadows, contrasted and with cold colors. The curvature of the field messes up the "planes" when it focuses in the center and recomposes. I don't feel like criticizing a historical perspective, I'll just say that on digital 45mpx it doesn't have great performance as on film, if you then happen to try the 35 1.4 AFS.... sent on November 24, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED Pros: Sharpness, Blur, AF Cons: Weight, too contrasty, embarrassing huge lens hood Opinion: The optics that I would not recommend to an amateur as a jack of all trades. It has a rendering with too much contrast and closed shadows, although the sharpness and colors are of a very good level. For this reason I see it more suitable for a professional who can take advantage of the formidable qualities of construction, AF, blur and sharpness, since he will still be forced to work in PP with his own workflow, while, for an amateur, having to work too much files I see as a con. There are much easier and "JPEG ready" lenses such as the old 28-105 AFD or the less performing 24-85 VR. I was not convinced by the rendering on landscapes while I really liked the rendering in interior portraits. If you don't work with it, I recommend playing with lighter and easier stuff and with fixed ones. The lens hood is embarrassing, strictly speaking: it causes an embarrassment in showing it to the world for how big and clumsy it is. sent on November 24, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-S 500mm f/5.6 E PF ED VR Pros: Sharp, lightweight, ease of use, VR, memory recall Cons: ridiculous plastic lens hood, ridiculous tripod foot, blurred jittery in some circumstances Opinion: INSANE optics, impressive quality compared to anything I've ever tried (I don't compare it to any f/4 FL since I've never tried them). Its lightness and compactness allows you to use it safely freehand for an hour in the park. The function keys are very welcome, minus the poor quality of the lens hood that breaks at the first blow, and the tripod mount that was not even a 70-200 f4 (immediately replaced with an arca swiss) It has retired my beloved 300 PF (also crazy for how compact, light and sharp), the blur is a bit nervous on backgrounds such as lawn and the like, normal on non-demanding backgrounds. At the moment it gives big smiles sent on November 24, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 E ED VR Pros: LIGHTNESS, Sharpness, Contrast, Instant AF Cons: Drive by wire ring nut and lack of distance scale Opinion: The lens immediately amazed me with its lightness, sharpness and AF speed. Mind you, it's not for purely professional use, but it does what a 70-300 should do, in the best way of any other model past nikon or not. It can be taken to the mountains, quickly follows birds in flight and cars on the track, the sharpness in the center is excellent even at TA and up to 300mm, it needs to be closed to f8-11 to increase sharpness at the edges in landscape (like any other lens) The non-mechanical ring without any scale left me dumbfounded when one evening I couldn't focus to infinity. Otherwise it is a spectacular lens in its field of use sent on November 24, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-S 20mm f/1.8 G ED Pros: Lightness, sharpness, 77mm filters Cons: Indecent lens hood, cool colors but very workable file Opinion: I tried a few wide-angle lenses (zeiss, nikon, sigma, samyang), I tried this one without expectations and it proved to be an excellent lens, both for ambient and landscape (my main use). The sharpness at f/8 is excellent from edge to edge for landscapes and large prints, f/2.8 for night shots (limits coma and vignetting) from 1.8 to f/4 excellent rendering for ambient portraits. The contrast and general rendering is that of modern lenses (Sigma ART style to be clear) and although it has slightly colder colors than Zeiss I discovered very workable files that with a minimum of PP always return a really excellent result and to my liking, not at all inferior to lenses of the caliber of the 15 and 21 Distagon. It is very resistant to flare, it can be used well in backlight, it does not vignette and does not particularly distort, so, apart from the different contrast performance compared to Zeiss, it churns out files of the highest level. The lightness compared to other lenses for me is always a preferential reason for use, which is why it is slowly replacing all the other wide angles I normally use. A pleasant discovery sent on November 24, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1.4 G Pros: General rendering on portraiture, lightness Cons: Technically unjustified cost Opinion: An absolutely prominent, magical optic that, despite its defects, creates an incomparable performance. It suffers from F/B focus, from f2.8 upwards but it is a blade and renders absolutely. Tones on the skin and resolution among the best ever seen. It is light, it also fits indoors. The construction is medium/high for a Nikon G, the price instead seems to be the result of a marketing choice and not technically justified (it costs as much as lenses with twice as many lenses and AF of other ranges) sent on November 13, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.8 G Pros: Light, Sharp, Economical, Fast AF Cons: Blurred Opinion: The lens has really excellent general performance, needless to repeat everything that has already been said, as an all-rounder it is the top, together with the 35 1.8G it represents a light and cheap winning combination. The only complaint, I was not impressed by the rendering in the portraits both for blur and skin tone, for the rest it is a best buy to always keep in the backpack sent on November 13, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-S 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED VR Pros: versatility Cons: poor optical performance, distortion, aberrations, construction Opinion: Versatile, light and economical lens but which does not excite for optical performance as sharpness, distortion, blur and chromatic aberrations return fairly flat images. The construction is not the best, grip of the zoom ring that tends to discolor and deform, as well as the mechanism not very fluid. To be used exclusively as a home handyman (although I recommend the 28-105 AF-D always and cmq). sent on November 13, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4 E PF ED VR Pros: Lightness, sharpness in the center Cons: Always use with the lens hood to avoid flare Non-portrait Bokeh Opinion: For those who are not in a fixed position in the shed this is the best tele, it weighs as much as a 70-300 AFP (which is also wonderful optics), this gains a bit in everything, sharpness, colors, AF, construction. I use it exclusively for naturalistic and at f5.6 it produces spectacular results (in the RAW camera you recover a lot of detail and you can reduce noise). Its size and weight make it very quick to use for animals in flight, it does not tire at the neck and balances perfectly with full frame bodies, the lens hood is the usual plastic but also attaches well to the reverse. The bokeh is not 85 1.4 because of the PF lenses, tried on portraits but it does not render, on the other hand it is a jewel for naturalistics. The 500 PF does everything even better but the weight (although record-breaking) unfortunately does not make it suitable for traveling photography, and for those like me who do not stay still for a moment the 300 is the right choice EDIT: after 3 years I replaced the 500 PF (a CRAZY lens) and for hiking I use an even lighter 70-300 AFP sent on May 31, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 D Pros: He is the only true all-rounder Cons: For €100 the only con is not having it Opinion: I cut to the chase, it's the best all-rounder I've ever had, and I've tried all the 24-70 2.8 Nikon Tamron Sigma, all the Nikon 24-120 and the 24-85. If you are a professional who has to bring home the result the best is the 24-70 2.8G, but it is sterile, excellent resolution but closed shadows and shades to work a lot. This old man is instead an exaggerated stuff for the cost, it is plastic but on d800 and d850 you don't even hear it, at TA it is to be used for portraiture for the blurry edges and vignetting, from 5.6 it is a real all-rounder, indoors, exteriors, landscapes, macros on the fly, travel, street. As far as the d850 and 750 files are now workable, embarrassing ISOs can be used and excellent A4 prints can be obtained. I had it years ago, then I tried all the stuff mentioned above to do events, ceremonies and trips (as an amateur) I took it up again some time ago and in hindsight it was absolutely not to be sold. sent on May 31, 2025 |
 | Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.8G Pros: resolution, lightness, AF Cons: slightly cold colors and closed shadows Opinion: The optics are truly phenomenal, usable both at TA for portraits and at closed apertures for landscapes, with D850 it allows you to print large formats with edges at excellent resolution. The construction is plasticky but the optics are really compact and light. The colors are among the coldest I've seen and the shadows closed, in PP you have to work to give them a little "warmth" and open the shadows, which is very easy because fortunately there are no dominants and you can always balance everything sent on January 21, 2025 |
 | Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC Pros: Resolution and Colors Cons: Bad build quality Opinion: Optically it is a little gem, beautiful colors very very similar to Zeiss, excellent resolution at open apertures and excellent at closed apertures. The problem, and what a problem, is that this goodness is not supported by a decent construction, it is not only a matter of external plastic but it is also all the internal construction that leaves you really amazed (the front lens assembly when cleaning e.g. with lenspen moves by half a mm.......) My specimen specifically was also misaligned (the focus between right and left was totally different), moral of the story if you have money go directly on used zeiss 35/2, otherwise there are very good lenses such as 35 1.8 nikon and tamron, in addition to the sigma art that even if plasticky at least are built with knowledge of the facts. sent on January 21, 2025 |
 | Nikon Coolpix P1000 Pros: Telescope focal length, jpeg quality, very effective VR, orientable display, grip Cons: needs a great tripods because of the weight, some commands too "consumer", mandatory micrometric head in astrophoto Opinion: He does what he promises and he does it well. If you want to get closer to the world of naturalism is a great school to learn how to handle long focals and weights, if you are already used to reflex I recommend a D7500 and a tamron 150-600; you will achieve a much higher quality. Different speech for moon and sun astrophoto in that the quality is equal if not higher than the reflex-telescope configuration (up to 5") with huge benefits for the management of focus and weights (P1000 with tripods about 2.5kg, 5" telescope with frame about 15kg) In naturalistic the astronomical focal allows you to observe at a good distance with good quality but if it is your only purpose then the configuration d7500-150-600 is to be preferred and the sacrifice in economic terms will be well rewarded (proven buy a P900 that costs half and does the same thing. The first time you hold it in your hand and zoom in you'll be grounded: it's a bridge but it's huge! some commands can be improved. you have to keep the iso below 400. allows you to shoot in RAW but the jpeg is already very correct in most photos. A micrometric head and astrophoto remote shot are essential. Ultimately I use it almost exclusively for photos of the moon and the sun (with special filter) at the focal of 2200/2400mm in place of the d800-telescope and I have gained in everything: weights, clutter and final quality. sent on March 29, 2020 |
 | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Pros: resolution and construction Cons: non-existent chromatic fidelity Opinion: I go a bit 'countertrend, I sold. We know the merits and we have already sold them from the first moment, resolution to TA, blurred, construction, price. What we see with time is a difficulty in post-production in balancing the white and the shades. You always have some dominant that you can hardly fix unless you go heavy with the post (which I've never liked). some photos I turned into black and white because you simply could not balance them.rnanche the weight was a discriminant, on this type of focal better something lighter even if slightly darker sent on February 17, 2018 |
 | Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 Pros: it is the ultimate OPTICS for landscaping Cons: graft of the front cap Opinion: The only "defect" is the front cap which has a tightened hook and sometimes releases, this being said the optic borders on perfection. if you are landscape designers it is the best that you can buy together with the 15mm because resolution, shades, shadows, lights and contrast is the best ever, worth every single euro of over 1600 that are used to buy it new. built to last a lifetime, has the fluidissima and surgical ring. moreover, it is not a small thing, it has an EXACTLY infinity limit so to make a landscape just go to the end and you have the focus exactly where it needs to be, and it remains there.rnin post production you set only the white balance and the picture control on landscape and the photo is already recommended by cartolinarnultra sent on February 17, 2018 |
 | Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.8 G Pros: resolution, weight, price Cons: color rendering Opinion: Optically it has a great potential, resolution and high-level blur, I sold it for a simple reason: the color rendering has never convinced me, too far from the warm portrait yields typical of afd or zeiss. for those looking for warm tones, it is better to focus on the DC or AFD used with better results, of course if you do not use filters and Hollywood postproducts like me, if you spend more time on photoshop that with the camera in hand probably one is worth the other). rnFocus shift too high from 1.8 to 2.8 sent on February 17, 2018 |
 | Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/4 G ED VR Pros: sharpness, vr and weight Cons: collar that costs as much as a 50ino Opinion: after having overcome the scam of the original collar sold at a price from robbery, we appreciate the qualities of this lens. Obviously it is designed to work better outside closed diaphragms where it holds the comparison with the 2.8 but that shows an advantage not just in terms of weight and size. excellent vr. I used it with great satisfaction in sports, landscape and even astrophotography with excellent results. some portrait at f4 sometimes runs away as well;) is very recommended if you do not have to shoot indoors with very little light sent on February 17, 2018 |
 | Nikon AF-S 28mm f/1.8 G Pros: Lightness and optical quality, blurred Cons: the ring of the maf is a little plastic Opinion: really excellent optics on D800, with something more than 35mm with regard to the composition of the image. Optically it is really great, you can use it from portraits in interiors to landscapes and as a shade is not too "cold" like other AFS and in post you work really well the file (apart from sometimes some slight dominant) .rnI had sold for the sigma 35 art but after some time I decided to buy it back (already sold the art for several reasons). blurred very good and better than 35mm in general. very recommended rn sent on February 17, 2018 |
 | Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Distagon T* 21mm f/2.8 Pros: optical quality, mechanical, color rendering Cons: vignetting Opinion: Lens stratospheric, the best wide angle ever used, color rendering light years away from shades of normal glass (nikon, sigma etc.) rnsu d800 makes in world impeccable and even 100% the image is sharp from edge to edge. I use it exclusively in the field of view as landscapes and prefer it to the 14 / 15mm.rnnelle sunny days just adjust the WB and the photo takes vita.rnla vignetting sometimes requires correction even at small apertures, but does not degrade the immagine.rnla ring is so smooth and well rubbed it can be defined as an instrument of precision mechanics and the distance scale is very precise and with the detector perfectly infinito.rnULTRA recommended, once mounted the monkey disappears for any other angle on the market . sent on March 25, 2015 |
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