Nikon 18mm f/3.5 Ai-S : Specifications and Opinions

Nikon 18mm f/3.5 Ai-S

The Nikon 18mm f/3.5 Ai-S is a wide-angle lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 1981 to 2005 (discontinued). The focus is done by Manual Focus, it does not have image stabilization. The average price was 450 €;

4 users have given it an average vote of 10.0 out of 10.

Specifications
Focal lenght	18 mm
Angle of view	100.5°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/3.5
Aperture blades	7
Lenses/Groups	11 elements in 10 groups
Min. focus distance	0.25 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.13x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Manual Focus
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	72 mm
Lens hood	Yes (not supplied)
Weather sealing	No
Weight	360 g
Dimensions	75 x 61 mm
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Maxange

sent on 15 Marzo 2026

Pros: sharpness, almost zero distortion, very easy focusing, excellent contrast, Nikon colors of the past....

Cons: no cons, if one is looking for this type of objectives he knows what to expect....

Opinion: what a lens! bought before leaving for the Red Sea, what can I say... too bad I didn't buy it sooner! It perfectly covers the angle of view that I look for in panoramas, my sample seems to have just come out of the box, too bad that Nikon has not continued with this build quality by implementing the AF coupling (the stabilizer is quite useless with such short lenses), taken from RCE Padova at a certainly good price, I think this lens will reserve me a lot of satisfaction

Odysseus

sent on 12 Gennaio 2024

Pros: Very good overall quality

Cons: Contrast sometimes too 'obvious'

Opinion: Superb construction. Good/very good sharpness comparable to the best German 18mm contemporaries. Compared to the other Nikkors, I found the contrast too aggressive and not really suitable for a 'wedding' complexion, but for the rest (architecture and documentary above all) his 'grit' provided impressive and qualitative images. Moderate, non-invasive sprain. Vignetting never noticed. Interior reflections never seen before...

Walter1957

sent on 25 Febbraio 2020

Pros: perfect ultrangandagolare

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: I'm owner of many nikon ais optics, not because I don't use those autofocus, but mostly because I still like to focus on my own, not that the reflex pilots me, put the diaphragms manually east, and then the mechanics of how these optics are made It is astounding a precision and optical mechanic that unfortunately is now unthinkable to be able to do it and sustain it with market prices. Optics that are 30-40-50 years old with assembly precision unthinkable in the present day. However returning to our lens, I find myself very well both as distortion and maybe because using it in landscapes and nature is not very accentuated and is well undercontrol, sharpness that already from f.8 becomes stunning and at f.11 becomes exceptional . Then not least a focus at cm.30 that allows to blur 3.5 in the foreground. For me and I add for me is an irreplaceable lens. Thank you and good photography.

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Nikon 18mm f/3.5 Ai-S : Specifications and Opinions

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