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Nikon AF 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G : Specifications and Opinions

Nikon AF 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G

The Nikon AF 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G is a standard lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2000 to 2006 (discontinued). The focus is done by In-camera AF motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 120 €;

16 users have given it an average vote of 7.8 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Nikon.

Specifications
Focal lenght	28-80 mm
Angle of view	75.4 - 30.3°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/3.3-5.6
Aperture blades	7
Lenses/Groups	6 elements in 6 groups
Min. focus distance	0.35 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.28x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, external
Stabilization	No
Focus	In-camera AF motor
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters
Lens hood	Yes (not supplied)
Weather sealing	No
Weight	195 g
Dimensions	66 x 64 mm
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Jpl

sent on October 01, 2017

Pros: Very light, sharp, fast focusing,good color redering, cheap.

Cons: None

Opinion: I have had this lens for awhile and used it as my walkaround lens on a Nikon D600. It is sharp and fast focusing. Excellent lens. I have also used it on my Sony A7r as manual focus lens and that combo works like a charm. The lens is made of plastic so I take extra good care of it. It is simply to good lens to break even if it is cheap to replace. I got mine used for about Euro 50 in 2013. Included in the price was a film camera in good condition. I gave it a well deserved 9,0

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Paolo Loro

sent on May 24, 2023

Pros: Non-existent weight and cost, excellent clarity and overall optical quality

Cons: Cheap

Opinion: I made an empirical comparison of this lens to focal lengths 35 and 50, aperture 5.6, iso 200, on nikon D700 (12.1 Mp) and D780 (24.1 Mp) with the following lenses: NIKKOR 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 D, 28-300 f/ 3.5-5.6 G ED VR, 28-200 f/3.5-5.6 ED G, 35-80 f/4-5.6 AF D, 28-70 f/3.5-4.5 D, 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 D, 35 f/2 AF-D, 50 f/1.8 AF-S G, 50 f/1.4 AF D, ZEISS ZE/ZF.2 Distagon 35mm f/2, ZENITH HELIOS 58 F/1.2, SIGMA 24-70 f/2.8 EX DG MACRO. I filmed a strongly contrasted scene. I considered sharpness (also) at the edges, opening of the shadows and tightness to the highlights, color rendering. In this personal ranking, with all the limits of the case, with both 35 mm sensors win the 35 f / 2 and 28/80 G here in comment, followed by the 28/80D and the 35/80 D (also featherweights from the negligible cost), in third place is the excellent but heavy sigma 24/70; The all-rounder 28/200 and 28/300 come last for mediocre results at the edges, but still good in the middle part of the frame. Beat the zeiss, which weighs three times and costs 10 times as much. The result at 50 mm is more complex. Considering the D780, the 35/80 achieves results almost indistinguishable with the benchmark, i.e. 50 f/1.4. Immediately behind are the 28/80 G and D and the 28-300. The solid and heavier 28-105 and 28-70 are less performing. The helios is a world apart: it is very sharp in the central area, it is manual, it requires an adapter that interrupts any automatism, and has a very particular blur, which you may like or not. With the D700 wins the 50 G f / 1.8, continues to do well in all parameters the 35-80, the sigma is slightly softer but holds the highlights well, the 28/70 D, the 28/80 D and G the 28/105 and in a very accentuated way the all-rounders burn the highlights. The 35-80 is an incredibly light lens (180 gr) with excellent performance even on Nikon D850 (45.7 Mp). The exceptional performance of the 28/80 also leaps to the eye, both D and the even more compact G, referred to in this topic, also a featherweight (less than 200 grams!), at 35 mm of optical yield substantially equivalent to the fixed. In response to these results, these very light, cheap lenses of excellent image quality returned, bring out not only the doubts about the policies of the producers, to which some comments that preceded me have effectively mentioned, but also the absurdity of dragging behind in street or heavy and expensive beasts travels. A nikon D780, plus the 28-80 in question, plus the very light 80-200 f/4.5-5.6 D, plus a bright fifty, you are on the kilo and six hundred grams in all, better than mirrorless. Of course, these products are certainly cheap and fragile, but they cost a few tens of euros! It may make sense to combine a zoom of these with one or two light and bright fixed ones for low-light situations or for blurred portraits. Obviously, then, those who do safaris, birdlife, sports, astronomy, architecture and design, weddings, advertising, catalogs of paintings, journalism, studio portraits will use something else, but it is 1% of cases, and perhaps less, and in any case it is a profession, where professional fatigue and the need to monetize do not coincide with the amateur dimension of simple fun and creative exploration. Lightness is freedom. Elliott Erwitt and Henri Cartier-Bresson used a small rangefinder leica with only the summicron 50 f/2: for them photography, more than an exercise in technical perfection, was to capture the revealing moment, the synthesis of a situation, the expressive simplicity. I think you are more ready to take a good picture if light and identify with the situation, than by fiddling with pounds and pounds of glass intent on assembling and reassembling them continuously. Excessive equipment is counterproductive, while a not excellent resolution at the edges or some small vignetting or chromatic aberration have never diminished a photo that tells something.

Takeao

sent on May 12, 2023

Pros: Price, sharp, featherweight.

Cons: So plástic, Maf manual difficult for rotation too short and light.

Opinion: Given the price I said: I take it or go or break it! It went very well beyond my expectations. Mounted on a D610 gave me back fantastic shots! It will be plastic but even if dated I never expected that something more like a toy than a lens would pull out such sharp photos. The speed of maf I find it very good even if slightly noisy but I do not care. The automatic maf works only on cameras with internal motor, manually I struggle to focus as the mechanism is little frictioned. I usually shoot at aperture priority, the best results I see them at f8 even at 80mm. My lens has silver color, for some it is an opprobrium but I like it even if it clashes with the black body of the d610. In summary, I consider it an apt article! A great buy!

Eddie6630

sent on July 23, 2019

Pros: Ridiculous price, sharp, af fast, great colors, pleasant blurry on ff, usable ta, featherweight, tiny, good focal excursion

Cons: Plastic, plastic everywhere and fragile feeling & supercheap, terrible manual MAF, terribly tacky look of the most common silver version

Opinion: Great transnormal zoom that knows how to return sharp images and with beautiful colors despite its absolutely unreassuring appearance. It's entirely made of plastic, optics aside, and it seems to crumble under its own weight. Lifting a body as heavy as a D700 by taking it for this lens probably means breaking the attack... but it's also very light and small. The autofocus is noisy, suffers in low light but is also precise and very fast thanks to the short run of the MAF and the very light materials... but on the other hand it is terrible to use in manual having no friction and a very narrow dial. Even the zoom dive is lacking in any resistance/feedback. The filter fillet is also made of meager soft plastic and is quite difficult to center as the filter fillet always tends to plant crooked in the not hard enough plastic. In short, mechanically it is VERY poor except for autofocus, however (and I think much more important) the optical part is unexpectedly good. The images it returns have beautiful warm colors, a good contrast and even a pleasant blur to the most "large" openings, which although not a record are well usable as long as you accept a soft yield (for portraits on the fly from 35mm to 80mm at TA makes more than d It's all about being a zoom... a 20 euro zoom then!). Closing a couple of stops instead becomes well clear and has a good resistance to the flare to more or less all the openings. I personally use this lens on a D700 and find it great for travel/use "dangerous" (costs so little that it is expendable... maybe in favor of a black copy, much better aesthetically!) and I think it even superior to certain more ephaly ephaly optical, big and heavy... at least for the unexpected optical qualities. PS: To relieve the terrible appearance there is a beautiful green reflection on the front lens.

Click35

sent on October 04, 2017

Pros: Robust but well-built. Exceptional glass with sd treatment.

Cons: Very heavy and not very fluid zoom ring.

Opinion: In possession of the old model I can say heavy but robust optics a myth for the era. Astonishing resolution also on digital bodies. Great brightness, though with minimum fire 3.5. It works very well in conjunction with the autofocus engines of modern machines, at least Nikon. excellent detail details.rnSecondly heavy although compact but the robustness and durability of the object have a price that is not devalued, of course, over time.

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