Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a great lens for just about anything. I use it mostly for portraits.

Nice lens with a clear view and it looks good on the camera

This lense was a gift to my wife who does photography, she loved it.

great lens. this is a go-to for anyone starting off in photography.

Not expensive... Equates to basically having a 50mm

Good for action shots and good still or portrait shots

Have a D3200 and this lens works great with the body.

It Looks great. I am so excited about using this lens.

This lens does a pretty good job but compared to the 50mm 1.4, it's way behind the curve on quality. Let's face it, we purchase good cameras for the quality not necessarily for price. I much prefer to stay with the proven 50mm while the 35 stays on the shelf.

It's a standard, regular go to lens for general use. Works great.

Great lens, would have preferred a visible read of the focus level

I really like this lense to use with my nikon D500

This lens is a fun addition to my collection. !!!!

Read great reviews. Just not what I was looking for

Brought for someone as a gift, and then got my own

I got this lens as a Christmas gift. It was ok. But, it was not just what I wanted. It seemed to be in working order. It was just not suited for my needs.

I'm an amateur photographer who knows the basics of photography, but I definitely don't consider myself an expert. However, like everyone else, I strive to take the best photos possible. I have a Nikon D5300 and the two kit lenses it came with, along with a 50mm f/1.8 prime lens. I love the 50mm lens, but found that it was a little difficult to use indoors for family shots because you need to stand further back to capture your subjects, making space a bit of an issue at times. I decided to purchase the 35mm f/1.8 lens for indoor family photo sessions, and I have not been disappointed! In my opinion, the focal length is perfect for taking photos inside the house, and the f/1.8 maximum aperture really helps you to have nice, bright photos using only the natural light in your house (which I prefer to using flash or artificial lighting). I've only had this lens for a couple of days and taken only a few dozen photos, but I love the sharpness and quality of the images. The bokeh is also exceptional and really helps your subjects to "pop." This fast lens really gives my photos that professional look that everyone aims for. Another plus is that this lens is small and light, making it easy to carry and comfortable for longer photos sessions. I'm very happy with this lens and think it's a great addition to anyone's arsenal, regardless of skill level, especially if you take lots of photos indoors.

This is the sort of lens that would have been in a kit with an SLR a decade ago. It provides roughly a normal field of view (the focal length of the lens is the same as the diagonal measure of the image sensor or film). Unlike the kit lens of a DX Nikon, this allows for instant focus over-ride (Nikon calls this M/A mode), and the fast f/1.8 aperture gathers much more light for shooting moving subjects than anything in its price range, and certainly more than any zoom lens. The image circle is only large enough for Nikon's DX sensor format, not 135 film or FX digital, however, due to its relatively large image circle, it will also mount and work properly on the Nikon Pronea series of APS film cameras, if you still shoot one of those. It's small and lightweight, and features a metal lens mount for greater durability, a rubber gasket to keep contaminents out of your lens and body, and no external moving glass as it focuses, so there's no air being pumped in and out of the lens when you focus, making it great for less than ideal enviroments. It also has a 52 mm filter thread, the same as most manual focus and inexpensive DX lenses, so you only have to carry one size of filter and not drive yourself crazy. Although it's sharp, remaining so for the most part until it's wide open, it has some distortion and isn't as rectalinear - meaning straight lines appear straight - as I'd like, which is to be expected at this price point, and can be corrected in software. Bokeh can also be somewhat distracting, as this lens produces even discs. This is an indication of a lack of spherical aberation in the optics, which can be good for many things, but with this lens' tendancy to produce bokeh very quickly at f/1.8, it could be better. I absolutely recomend this lens. If I had to shoot with one lens on Nikon DX forever, I'd pick this one.

This is a great lens but didn't realize it was not for my full frame dslr. My mistake but still performs relatively well even on fx camera.

Works well. Have not used as much as I would have hoped by now but I will update later.