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Nikon AF 16mm f/2.8 D Fisheye : Specifications and Opinions



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avatarjunior
sent on 23 Maggio 2024

Pros: 180 degrees of field, small, light, affordable price, decent performance, but not great.

Cons: I agree: front cap doesn't hold and creates discomfort.

Opinion: I find it to be a lens as good as its price, but not excellent. Contrary to what I've read, it seems to me that the 10.5 DX (on D7500) is much better than the 16mm (on D850), especially outside the image center, but also in terms of sharpness, color rendition, shadow penetration, vignetting and aberration correction. At least that's what my eyes tell me. I'll try to upload an example of what I'm saying.

avatarsenior
sent on 26 Marzo 2023

Pros: High-level lens, light and not very shaded but robust construction. Sharpness and flare resistance,

Cons: Nothing

Opinion: Purchased back in 1995, I still find it an excellent lens despite the many years since it came out. It is mainly recommended for architectural and interior photography but can also be used to create particular and unusual images. Very light and space-saving fits in a pocket! It almost looks like a toy, but it is not: it returns great and impressive photos.

avatarsenior
sent on 26 Marzo 2023

Pros: Construction, pocket-sized, optical quality and backlight resistance

Cons: Not received

Opinion: Small optics, practically pocket-sized and discreet. Old school construction Made in Japan, all glass and metal. Two medium-high refractive lenses and one ED. The rear filter must always be mounted (ninth lens, neutral). Lens for particular and creative uses, (not every day), but that if necessary with a simple click (Nikon NX studio) transforms it into a wide-angle shot (about 12mm effective) with justifiable distortion, from which still a small crop and becomes a 14/15 mm. with exceptional central sharpness. Incredible backlight resistance. Minimum focus distance for full immersion shots, in short, a real little gem, very high rating!

avatarsupporter
sent on 05 Marzo 2021

Pros: Compact, lightweight (you forget you put it in your pocket...), impeccable construction

Cons: If we really want to find one the cap, as already written: but no cons on the lens itself

Opinion: Taken used by a photographer friend, from Genoa like me. After two years of use and after seeing the lens yield also on the last photo taken just last week (Spring Air ) I feel the duty to say a few words about this lens. Spectacular sharpness (to close a little compared to the maximum opening of 2.8) great yield in the backlight compared to other lenses I tried, acceptable flare, natural and impeccable colors. Construction from fear, lens all metal and glass, as Nikon did on the goals of the past ( this is from 1993 ) and despite this light and usable. If you like wide-angle viewing and find it used don't let it get away from you... you will not regret it!

avatarjunior
sent on 15 Maggio 2020

Pros: General optical quality, construction, filters (not a small thing on a fisheye), held to the backlight

Cons: Filters again

Opinion: There's not much to say about it, if you don't have it or you don't like fisheye or you haven't found it yet at the price you're looking for it. It is a stratospheric lens, very usable already at 2.8 although with a slight loss of quality at the edges, perfect from 5.6 and up. It is perfectly manageable in all light conditions, from the sun inside the frame to the night with the lights pointed at you. I would say a lie if I said that he does not suffer from flare but you have to go looking for it, there are much more expensive lenses that suffer much more. The construction is like the best professional lenses of the time, with the only unfortunately that the focus is not internal but the front lens and the lampshade move forward (less than a millimeter, but they move). The autofocus is a lightning bolt compared to the other lenses that use the reflex engine, it loses something with the modern af-s more performing but I think it is completely normal. The only big flaw worth mentioning (for Nikon's sake I won't mention the cap) is the scarcity of the included filters, it is sold with a neutral filter, a hot one, a cold one and an orange one and after years of research I came to the conclusion that they are the only ones ever produced, I would have appreciated a set of ND filters and a red one more incisive than orange in the B&N. The filters are the same mounted on the 15mm 3.5, system that Nikkor has abandoned for reasons unknown to me, a pity because in the wide angles pushed you resort to expensive slab filters when with 30 euros you take home from the Nikon store a filter of these. Beware of the presence of filters if you buy it used, they are part of the optical fencing and without them you lose focus on the edges. P.S. if you are undecided between him and the various Samyangs or the old Russian fisheye spend two more money that is worth it, and if you are not satisfied with the result well, I'm sorry to tell you but probably then the lens that is right for you does not exist.

avatarsenior
sent on 10 Febbraio 2020

Pros: Construction and optical quality. Incredible backlight

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: Hard to find a con against this lens. It has beautiful colors, a crazy backlight and a natural contrast. It doesn't come cheap if you took Nital, but if you bought imported you can save a lot of money. An optician that should not be missing in the kit of a professional allowing unique shots if used with creativity and good taste. I use it with satisfaction on all fullframe bodies.

avatarjunior
sent on 11 Febbraio 2017

Pros: Lightweight, compact, portable, optical quality

Cons: nobody

Opinion: Definitely a successful goal: 180 degrees on the diagonal, lightweight and compact, metal (great to take on trips). The optical yield is very good both in that 2.8 to more closures. night rnNelle 2.8 is crucial to make scenic, backlit full a little bit of flare and chromatic aberration are known (in the middle of wide angles, nothing earth-shattering) .rnL'autofocus afs has no engine, so it only works on some camera bodies , with internal motor to the body; still it manages to be too fast and accurate for sport.rnIndispensabile the rear filter UV.rn

avatarjunior
sent on 07 Dicembre 2015

Pros: Materials, assembly, optical quality

Cons: Scandalous front cover

Opinion: An inevitable goal in the kit of any serious evolutionary cameraman. It's absolutely amazing, you work with a very high optical quality with an infinite field angle! Built with noble materials, it also has 2 ED lenses inside. The yield is much better than that of 10.5 mm for DX, and absolutely not comparable to that of the various Russian fisheye. Many rear-mounted bayonet mount filters and one of them must always be mounted (preferably the UV one, called LC 37). The filters are supplied in a practical case of four, if you buy the used optics that are there! The 16 mm is compact and lightweight, and its output leaves open. The AF is fast, but this is normal for these types of lenses. The only note is the front cover, a real crap in plastic on the back of that one 14-24: ugly, uncomfortable and after a few months takes a game and there is no%3B to make it stay fixed to the optic. I have solved by cropping a velvety adhesive paper strip and attaching it to the inside of the cap, now perfectly closes. What else to say, those who love wide-ranging will not fail, even because the price is not prohibitive at all ... ATTENTION: The writer is not an influencer or a guru, nor is anyone who downloads other images from the net to embark on unlikely comparisons. For almost forty years, a passionate nikonist of photography and photographic material has been, and my opinion is not a gospel, but only the result of empirical experience. The objects I write really buy them, I play a few months and if I do not like them, but always and in any case of material at the moment in my possession. I do not make the copy paste of reviews taken here and there on the net, if I'm talking about an item it's just and because I had in the house the time it took (at least months) to try to figure it out. I often go against current, but this does not take my sleep as much as I caneven trying to help young aspiring photographers who give a weight to their savings. But, I repeat, I do not bring the verb ...

avatarsenior
sent on 18 Febbraio 2013

Pros: construction, performance, backlight

Cons: rear filter must

Opinion: An exceptional goal, costruto well and in metal. Loses something to 2.8 as quality but closing is scary, sharp and engraved. The strong point of the backlight controlled very well in fact it is the aim must for underwater photography environment in which very often is photographed against the light, average aperture closed and where the deformation of the typical fish-eye does not disturb indeed enhances photos by sketching out the subjects in the foreground. Unfortunately, a filter (rear) must always be mounted on pain of loss of focus. Aim for full-frame, with the aps you have a 24-deforming.

avatarjunior
sent on 28 Settembre 2011

Pros: Construction, optical performance, portability, presence aperture ring.

Cons: It 'dated, still costs a lot, lack ultrasonic AF, made the edges adiaframmi open.

Opinion: Dated lens that has aperture ring and allows the application to always excellent bodies pellicola.La construction is frighteningly professional, a real feast for the eyes. No plastic, but hard and raw heavy metal! Does not accept filters before, but at the back we have a slot for real? Strainers? optical glass bayonet are supplied with: L37C (uv), A2 (amber) for white balance, B2 (blue) as above, O56 (orange) for b & w. A filter, in general (and obviously) the first, must always be grafted or lose? Focus? the edges since it is part of the optical system. Eye so if you buy it used you have to check its presence. AF only with the bodies which so allow, and the ring maf that rotates during operation. Great for small apertures, suffers a little open systems. To note the useful references for setting the hyperfocal distance without much preamble. Not yet replaced on FF, I deserve an update of what type of DX Fisheye 10.5mm f/2.8 G ED as the stratospheric 14-24 does not cover the same angle (180 ° diagonal) and despite having a job obviously different weights and cluttered significantly compared to the "fish".

avatarsenior
sent on 27 Settembre 2011

Pros: Small, light

Cons: At the edge is not perfect at room temperature, improves a lot to f / 5.6, minimum focusing not great but average for the type of lens

Opinion: Solid construction, does not have the built-in motor so it works only in AF conle cameras with AF motor right. The ring discharged to fire is not disabled dursnte automatic operation, so care must be taken not to touch during operation. Good control in the backlight. The quality is very good, it becomes good to the edges at f / 5.6








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