Customer Ratings & Reviews

I usually don't review products but felt I had to review this one. I have had this lense for a few weeks now. I LOVE it. I purchased a Nikon D5000 bundle with the 18-55 VR kit lens and the 55-200 VR zoom lens from Best Buy a few months ago. While I was getting great shots and much better quality pictures than my point and shoot the D5000 replaced, I still wasn't getting the shots that poped in low light! Especially inside my house where I was taking pictures of my kids, the reason I wanted to upgrade from a point and shoot in the first place. I tried the 50mm 1.8 lens first due to reviews online. I did not care for having to manually focus it on my camera body. I couldn't get but a few in focus pictures of my kids with it and was so aggrivated. I read the great reviews of this and decided to try it out. I am so HAPPY that I did. This lens never leaves my camera unless I am in the deer stand and need a zoom. I hate to use flash even with a puffer and with this lens you won't have to. This lens will make your pictures look like what your eye sees, with just that much vivid color, warmth, depth - people's faces look three demensional. I have used this lens outdoors without and with the lens hood, indoors for pics of my kids and family especially during these holidays, inside and outside of historical sites/museums we have visited - all with GREAT results. You cannot go wrong with this lense for any reason I have found so far. The 35mm focal length is perfect for indoors allowing the user to take in subjects, epecially where with a 50mm a wall would have stopped you from backing up any further for the shot, even head shots of people across a table from you as one review mentioned. If I am in a museum and cannot get any closer to a subject then I just take the shot and then utilize my 12.3 mp with crop once home in my Paint Shop Pro. This lens is fast, I have my camera set to take consecutive shots so I never miss a cute expression or jesture and with this I can hold down the shutter button and get every movement my kids make in perfect clarity. Also this lens will allow for great bokeh or an open clear shot. This is a must if you want the pics you bought a DSLR for in the first place. I think the photos uploaded here come out grainy due to compression by the site but I uploaded one anyhow.

I use this lens with my D300s: it is very good for low light shooting,very good for portraits(my best pics were with this inexpensive lens),I find it hard to remove the lens from the camera because its so versatile. It has great depth of field & high speed when its needed. I am not a pro but this lens makes it easy to take great pics, another very good quality is its light weight, you wont want to put it down.I've used it for some 7 months now & don't think I'll need another lens for a long time to come since I bought the 18-200 mm 3.5 - 5.6 lens when I bought the camera over a year ago its been relegated to back up to my 35 mm f 1.8 lens.I only use the zoom for long distance action/wildlife shots,the 35mm for everything else.

I'm a starting photographer with not a ton of money and this is only my second lens of many yet to come. I cant seem to put any other lens on my camera after this one, and has got to be the best lens for the price. You get an amazing f/1.8 for the bokeh effect(really blurry background) and low lighting without spending thousands of $. Most BestBuys don't carry this lens in stock but i highly recommend you get it. The only downfall with this lens is its lack of zoom, but what do you expect from an amazing prime lens? Just zoom with your feet and walk closer to your subject and you'll achieve results. Every camera bag should have this lens!

I had previously bought and frequently used the NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G lens and was in love with it. The bokeh and clarity are what you expect of a much more expensive lens. But I found that I was having trouble when taking candid snapshots indoors. If you are in a small or crowded room, It's hard to get your shot just right with a 50mm lens. That's when I did my research and found the 35mm f/1.8G. After reading many reviews and looking at numerous sample photos taken with this outstanding little lens, I decided to pay the cheap price of $199.99 and try it for myself. I was not let down! Whether you are a pro or a beginner, this is an easy to use and good quality lens. It is light, and doesn't take up much room in a bag at all. I am looking forward to trying it in a low lit situation as so many people have raved about. You will not be disappointed with this purchase.

Go now and buy it! You won't regret it.... I use it on my D7000, mostly indoors but works well outdoors too. Believe it or not, it takes pretty nice "macro" shots too, just check out the pecans in the middle of the pie :-). The other pic was taken at sunset, no flash of course and is still very sharp and I love the colors. Super sharp, fast auto focus,great bokeh every time. This is the best lens you can buy for $200.

Ok, so I've spent quite literally years being frustrated trying to get good pics for my jewelry business. I make jewelry from paintings, so it's critical my pictures show lots of fine details- each of my pieces are one-of-a-kind. I researched for months, and then found this lens when looking for a macro lens on Best Buy. Then I panicked after I'd purchased it and saw that it's not actually a macro lens (thanks, Best Buy.) I figured what the heck- I'd give it a go anyways and see what I could do with it. Now, please keep in mind I'm NOT a professional. This is my first DSLR camera (a massive upgrade from my Nikon Coolpix something or other) and I've only had it out of the box for maybe 20 minutes. I have quite literally no clue what these settings mean, what I'm doing (really, what's an f stop?) and I'm actually kind of surprised that I've even figured out how to switch out a lens without breaking something. I've taken maybe 30 pictures or so and went and uploaded them- not all of them are keepers (that would be asking way too much) BUT more than half of them are gorgeous and I've been posting them on facebook. Yes, I'm sure they could be better if I knew what I was doing. But I can get clear, concise pictures of 12mm round glass chips with paintings underneath- so for this NOT being a macro lens I really don't know how much better an actual macro lens could possibly be. Also- I'm NOT using a tripod, and I don't have any studio lighting set up. If this is what I get now, I'm super excited about how great these pictures are going to be once I learn a bit more about this camera and lens.

I bought this lens for my D3200 being a secondary lens to the kit 18-55. It's full frame equivalent length is something like 52mm i believe so in some ways it falls into the "nifty fifty" category you hear about. It's pretty great for street photography where you are close to people but you also don't have to put the lens in their face. I also use it for low light shooting because it is considerably faster and lets a few stops more of light into the camera than the at best, f/3.5 18-55 lens. Also the bokeh is nice for the money at f/1.8 or even up to f/2.5 or so depending on the situation. The sharpness is considerably better!! This lens on the D3200 body received a score of 24 on DXOmark- the website compared to 12 for the 18-55 lens and in general just seems to get more out of the scene and more out of the camera and i'm sure would do better on higher end DX body's. The one negative which to me is pretty big is the chromatic abberation. My goodness if there is something a bird, a tree branch, a railing on a light bright background there will almost certainly be a noticeable purple fringe around it. I shoot raw so i'm not sure if when shooting JPEG the camera software automatically compensates for it i think it is supposed to but i can't speak to that. I am usually able to correct the issue in post processing in Lightroom but it's still quite annoying and i pretty much just try to avoid putting lines or shapes on any sort of bright background. As big of an issue this is to me it is not a deal breaker, the lens is well made even if its plastic. It has a metal mount, its very compact like half or less the size of the 18-55 and still has the same size filter mount (52mm). Night shots and low lit shots are fantastic, sharp, lots of detail even at fairly high ISO's. So yes CA is annoying and this lens does have an issue with this in a lot of situations and i removed a star solely because of this, but it also does a lot right and for the price literally, cannot be beat. I've included a shot of a life guard chair in front of a setting sun where the Chromatic Aberration can be seen on the horizontal wood slats of the chair. This image has been cropped into this very specific area only to show the CA. The second image is after processing to remove the fringing (just to be fair to the lens and review) again this is a very cropped portion of the full image only for demonstration and you can see almost all the CA distortion is gone and at full size uncropped the picture is great.

This is quite possibly one of the if not THE best lenses you can buy for your low range Nikons (like your D40's), and even for the semi-pro and pro D series, it is still awesome (there are better non internal motor primes for those like the 50mm AF 1.4) But seriously, for $200, you can not buy a better lens period. These have now become harder to find and the prices will be going up (most places they have) if your lucky enough to actually find one at a BB for $200, BUY IT NOW. Sharpness: Awesome Bokeh: For its price, ok, but much better out there Ease of use: Seriously? Value: People will end up paying twice as much for this in the future.

I just got this lens about a week ago. I love the picture quality and ease of us. I'm a total amateur and this lens makes it really easy to produce some amazing pictures. The lens was easy to attach to the camera, as was the hood. I can barely hear the motor when taking a picture. Picture quality is great!

Excellent prime lens for getting a-lot more in the frame, and still have a great Bokeh effect, especially in low light. I really enjoy this lens, the quality of the images are great, you can get a full person in the frame without having to be far away from the subject. Vs the 50mm prime, you can do more with this 35 mm lens, as the 50mm is mostly limited to portrait shots of one subject I have found personally. Backing away from the subject risks having them out of focus as the focus point is so sensitive on the 50 mm. I have the 50 mm too, and do enjoy using it specifically for portrait shots at which it is fantastic. The pictures on this 35mm with its 1.8 aperture are much more impressive than a standard zoom lens. I would recommend this lens to have in your collection. The value of the lens for the price is great.

I'm really loving not having to drain all my color out of my shot with a flash and still getting nice clear photos. Lense is super easy to use you just have to be willing to be your zoom. Completely worth the investment.

This lens does provide more options in low light conditions. I am comparing this to my kit lens (18-140mm) that came with my D5300. While I haven't used this lens extensively yet, the images I have captured so far are crisp. I've made use of the wide aperture to blur the background as well. (I have used it for portraits). As indicated above, I have done some tests in low light & the images are clean there too, but obviously not as crisp as normal lighting or especially sunlight. Of course the camera plays a factor there too with a little noise. I get that too on the kit zoom lens. This lens appears to be better than the zoom. Not much else. It works well with my D5300 as far as quick auto-focus. It's small, so it easy fits into my already crowded camera bag.

This lens is perfect for beginners. It’s a great lense for every kind of picture, and honestly very easy to use. The quality of the photo is very nice and crisp. I totally recommend this specific lense if you need a good everyday lense but don’t want to spend more on the lense then you did for the camera itself.

If you own a DX camera, then this is a "must have" affordable lens. Excellent picture quality very similar to the 50mm 1.8. I love this lens for its sharpness and comfortable focal length.

This is an awesome lens given the fact that it's a very fast prime lens at the great price. The auto-focus is fast and spot-on, and one can take crisp, sharp pictures at very low light conditions without needing a flash. For DX cameras (like D7000, D3200 etc), a crop-factor of 1.5 is applied and it virtually becomes comparable with a 50mm lens for a full frame camera. So this lens can be used as a great portrait lens as well. If you want a lens that you want to take along for family events, weddings, portraits and indoor photography in low light conditions, and avoid flash as much as I do, this is the lens for you.

I just bought my first DSLR camera and this lens to go with it. It is a great lens that everyone should have! The focal length is so versatile and very similar to a film camera. It also has a wide aperture range. It is great for low light and getting a nice bokeh effect. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for something more than just the basic kit lens.

This was my first prime lens purchase and it has completely replaced my kit zoom. Pictures come out very sharp--almost too sharp when taking portraits. All skin flaws show up perfectly which is not always a good thing. Since you can not zoom, you really have to work hard to frame. This may not be a bad thing--my shots have improved greatly due to having to really think before shooting. The low light capabilities of the lens were not quite what I expected. Better than my kit lens but I thought I would get more light. I do have an issue with hot spots on cheeks and noses when shooting wide open, but this goes away at 2.8. There is quite a bit of purple fringe when shooting wide open in bright light. All in all, it is a great lens.

I bought this lens for taking pet portraits (that sounds fancier than taking pictures of my dogs) and it's perfect. The depth of field is awesome, the bokeh even more awesome. The only thing that takes a little getting used to is the focus point, if I am not paying attention, the fous point doesn't always end up where I think it is. Over all though, this lens is awesome and I couldn't be happier with it.

I use my 35mm as my everyday lens currently on my D90! I absolutely Love this lens!! Especially with a 16 month old running around! It's easy for me to capture quick shots of him. This lens is very durable also. It's been hit before (by accident) and it didn't affect it at all! Thank goodness!! I highly recommend this camera! Cheers!

Incredible. I am using it with my D7200. Gives me sharp images which leaves a much blurred background. Great to use indoor even without flash. 35mm is great to cover indoor events. Go-to lens for weeks now.