>>2860934srsly, be less poor. The GR's a screaming deal.
>BUTPic related is better and cheaper, and will allow you to go legit moriyama mode.
>excerpt from the scripturesThis is Nikon's sharpest manual-focus wide angle lens.
Nikon let their designers go wild on this one. Instead of a simple 5 element design that every other 28mm f/2.8 lens uses, including the original AF version, this lens has EIGHT elements in EIGHT groups. This allows it a level of correction seen in no other Nikon wide angle.
No other Nikon 28mm lens performs this well: the 28mm f/1.4D AF has some barrel distortion and really is optimized for night photography, and every other 28mm lens just isn't designed as thoroughly.
This AI-s lens (1981-present) is completely different from the older AI lens. Nikon made a big upgrade to the optics when they upgraded it to AI-s, and they really pulled out all the stops.
Not only does this Nikkor uses 8 elements, it also uses floating elements to optimize its performance as it is focused at every distance.
This is also Nikon's closest-focusing lens, with a close-focus distance of 7 inches (0.6 ft), or 20 cm.
There is no sharper manual-focus wide angle lens made by Nikon, and it is the only Nikon wide angle, along with the 15mm f/3.5, that is completely free from barrel distortion at ordinary distances.
Optically this is an almost perfect lens, and one of the most perfect lenses you can get to fit a Nikon camera.
