I WOULD NOT PURCHASE THIS LENS - INSTEAD, LOOK FOR A GREAT ZOOM LENS. IN ADDITION, I WOULD NOT BUY IT AND LATER EXPECT TO SEND IT IN TO ADORAMA TO REPURCHASE IT FOR/OR EXCHANGE FOR ANOTHER LENS. YOU WILL LOSE EVERY TIME.

Purchased this lens and it arrived a couple of days ago. Just did a lens test this morning with a target and I am very impressed. A touch soft around the edges at 2.8 but this is still a usable f/stop. Clears up nicely by 5.6. f/22 not a hot f/stop but f/16 is very nice.

I was loaned a 28/2.8 Ai-s by a friend when I first began shooting Nikon, long long ago. I instantly fell in love, and after he asked for me to return it I immediately went I bought a copy of my own.

The principal design of the Nikkor AF 28mm f/2.8D is obviously closely related to the AF 24mm f/2.8D so it shares some of its characteristics. The resolution figures are very good but otherwise the lens left something to be desired for a fix-focal.

Very versatile normal-wide angle lens. Now adays, 28 is not really a extreme wide angle anymore but about 6 years ago when I bought this lens as new, it blew my minds away with the optical performance and its 74° field of view. The contrasts and sharpness was amazing.

The build quality, Optical performance, CRC with 0.2ft min focusing distance; Smaller physical size compair to one stop faster f2

none I found for last 6years

Basically the same construction as the other lenses in the prime AF-D line--no better, no worse, but not nearly as sharp, crisp, or saturated. The one lens in the line that I think I made a mistake buying.

Small by AF standards; cheap

Not really that sharp in comparison with other primes in the Nikon line

I've owned this lens for many years now, and find it to be a very consistent performer-- it does what it does very very well. I have had no issues whatsoever with it. When I shot primarily 35mm film, this guy was a real staple.

Consistent Output; Durable; Lightweight; Rugged

Slow Focus

Got this mainly for shooting street photography with my D700 and 28mm is an ideal focal length for this. The lens is small, light & discreet. I like the way it has an aperture ring and a proper infinity focus stop. Well worth getting the HN2 metal hood for extra protection.

Consistent Output; Lightweight

I am trying to be esoteric with the "Review Title." The lens is inexpensive, so in essence this lens doesn't have a 'fat price tag.' I came up with an idea, which I called, the "Fixed-Focal-Length Weekend." The plan was to shoot with only using fixed-focal lenses over the Fourth of July Weekend.

This lens is a bit of a sleeper as its quite cheap but does give quite good image quality once past F4. I recently decided to go with primes for all lenses under 100 mm - why carry around a 24-70 that weighs 1.4 kilos when I can get a 50mm, a 28 and a 20 that weigh just about 0.6 kilos between them...

small; light; very sharp centre resolution

some distortion; not particularly robust