The image quality of this lens is great. Sharpness, contrast are very good straight from the maximim aperture. Bokeh is good too. Unfortunately there is rather a high amount of CA. The auto focus speed is fast enough, but not as fast as the 24-70mm f/2.8G.

Sharpness; contrast; focus speed; build quality; speed

Auto focus accuracy and speed; CA; price

What Digital Camera reviews the Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.4G to find out if it's worth the high asking price

Design build and performance

The high price

Some lenses epitomise the lens-maker's craft because they are able to combine truly special sets of features. Many of these lenses have very long or short focal lengths but in the mid-range it is the ultra-fast lenses that tend to capture the imagination.

Design build and performance

The high price

Best Uses : Street, Event, Low light I have read people complain in forums that this lens is inferior to the 24mm AF/S. The perspective between the 24 & 35 are vastly different. It's not a matter of which is sharper, more important is which perspective is needed/preferred.

Sharp; Contrast; Build

Price

Handling and features Performance Verdict Specification This wide angle lens from Nikon costs around ￡1300 and sports a bright f/1.4 maximum aperture, silent internal focusing and nano-crystal coatings to help control ghosting and flare.

Very sharp in the centre of the frame; Silent focusing; Low distortion; Very low CA; Highly resistant to flare; Durable weather-sealed magnesium construction

Falloff of illumination towards the corners at wide apertures; Sharpness towards the edges of the frame falls behind the performance in the centre of the frame

Really enjoy using this lens, great pictures and the distortion hasn't been bad at all.

sharpness; wide angle

possible distortion at corners

this lens changed the quality of the images we were putting out there. the depth of field you can accomplish with such a wide focal length is amazing. shoot this in 2.8 or lower, get close to your subject, and you're going to love it.

sharp; depth of field; awesome quality

can be slow focusing..

I hesitated over buying this or the Nikon 24mm f/1.4, but in the end went for the 35mm as I thought I'd get more use out of it. The 35mm is a great compromise between the 50mm, which I typically find to narrow, and the 24mm, which can often be too wide.

This lens is perfect for interior low light situations. Below is a photo taken by candle light with a Nikon D4 camera body. The shutter speed is 1/125 of a second, the aperture is f/1.4, the ISO is 2200, with Auto White Balance and Matrix Metering.

The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G ($1,799.95) is a wide-aperture lens aimed at photographers who adore the classic wide-angle field of view that a 35mm prime lens captures. It's a fine lens that's quite sharp through most of the frame, showing just a bit of softness at the edges when paired with a...

Excellent center sharpness; Wide aperture gathers a lot of light; Solid build quality; Good close focus capability

Some edge softness at wider apertures; Mild barrel distortion; Expensive