- 28 mm focal length captures wide angle shots with rich colour and contrast across a variety of subjects
- Ultra compact and portable making an excellent all-day lens for stills and video capture
- Silent programmable control ring can be set to control focus, aperture, exposure compensation, and ISO
- High quality optical design includes aspherical elements rewarding users with richly detailed images
- Fast, silent AF motor, well controlled focus breathing and weather resistant design add yet more benefits
Key Features
- Z Mount Lens full frame FX coverage
- Ultra portable mirrorless Nikon Z lens at 43 mm
- Two Aspherical Elements
- Dual Stepping Motor AF System
- Programmable silent control ring
- Minimum focus distance of 0.19 m
- Fast, silent AF powered by an ultra-quiet stepping motor
- Great for video with dramatically reduced focus breathing
- 42 mm DX crop: offers a 42 mm angle of view when used with a DX-format Nikon Z camera.
- Sealed for protection against dust and water droplets.
Nikon Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 Lens Summary
Arriving as the most compact model in the entire range is the full frame FX Nikon Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 Lens for mirrorless users. As a fixed focal width 28mm prime (or 42mm mounted on crop sensor DX cameras), it offers users the ability to capture wide angle street photography, environmental portraits and landscapes as well as making an excellent walk-around lens to shoot all day.
Despite being ultra compact and weighing just 155 g it packs a bright f/2.8 aperture and excellent optics to deliver high resolution results. The ability to capture images as close as 0.19m ensures you’ll be able to compose dramatic scenes indoors and out, with superb low-light performance anywhere. With a silent, programmable control ring and dramatically reduced focus breathing the Z 28mm f/2.8 also makes a cinematic classic for videographers and content creators, whether shooting handheld or with a .
Nikon Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 Lens in More Detail
Excellent low light and background blur
The wide Z mount for which  are famed and a rounded f/2.8 aperture combine to allow superb low-light performance. Image makers can put their subject in focus against incredibly soft, natural-looking background bokeh too, thanks to a rounded 7 bladed aperture diaphragm.
Great optics for powerful results
9 lens elements in 8 groups (including 2 aspherical lens elements) render high resolution results whichever  you’re using. It can be mounted on both full frame FX and crop-sensor DX bodies offering excellent contrast, colour rendition and detail with either.
Compact size and low weight for portability
The smallest model in the range, this prime lens measures approximately 70mm x 43mm and weighs in at 155g. The filter thread diameter is 52mm enabling the addition of affordable photo and video filters to suit any shooting style.
What’s in the box
- Nikon Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 Lens for mirrorless cameras
- LC-52B Lens Cap (Front Cap)
- LF-N1 Lens Cap (Rear Cap)
Optional Accessories
-  – released at around the same time this latest Hoya CPL cuts glare and reflections admirably
-  – Another affordable option from Hoya’s latest range offers permanent lens protection and cuts ultraviolet light. Well worth considering with the close minimum focus distance which this lens affords
-  – low cost VND for both video in brighter light and long exposure stills
Nikon Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 Lens Sample photos
Nikon Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 Lens Specifications
| Mount | Nikon Z mount |
| Focal length | 28 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/2.8 |
| Lens construction | 9 elements in 8 groups (including 2 aspherical lens elements) |
| Angle of view | 75° (Nikon FX format) 53° (Nikon DX format) |
|  | 53° (Nikon DX format) |
| Focusing system | Multi-focusing system, Internal Focusing (IF) system |
| Vibration reduction mechanism (lens-shift system w/ voice coil motor) | Â |
| Focusing system | Multi-focusing system, Internal Focusing (IF) system |
| Vibration reduction mechanism (lens-shift system w/ voice coil motor) | Â |
| Vibration reduction (VR) | No (achieved with in-camera image sensor shift VR) |
| When a tripod is used | No |
| Diaphragm blades | 7 (rounded diaphragm opening) |
| Aperture system | Automatic aperture with electromagnetic diaphragm mechanism |
| Aperture range | f/2.8 – 16 |
| Minimum focus distance | 0.19 m (0.63 ft) from focal plane |
| Maximum reproduction ratio | 0.2× |
| Weight | Approx. 155 g (5.5 oz) |
| Maximum diameter x length (distance to end of lens from camera lens mount flange) | Approx. 70 mm (2.8 in.) x 43 mm (1.7 in.) (based on CIPA Guidelines) |
| Filter-attachment size | 52 mm |
| Colour | Black |
| AF drive motor | STM (stepping motor) |
| Nano Crystal Coat | No |
| ARNEO Coat | No |
| Focus-mode switch | No |
| Front lens cap | LC-52B Lens Cap (Front Cap) (Supplied) |
| Rear lens cap | LF-N1 Lens Cap (Rear Cap) (supplied) |
| Lens case | CL-C4 Lens Case (optional) |
| Circular Polarizing Filter II compatibility | Â |
| Lens only | yes |
What’s in the Box
| Offers: Price Drop |
| Offer Category: N/A |
| Offer Product Type: N/A |
| Autofocus: Yes |
| Aperture ring: N/A |
| Constant Aperture: Yes |
| Lens CIPA Image stabilization rating: N/A |
| Colour: N/A |
| Diameter (mm): 70 |
| Length (mm): 43 |
| Weight (g): 155 |
| Distance scale: N/A |
| DoF scale: N/A |
| Elements: 9 |
| Environmental Sealing: N/A |
| Focus distance limiter: N/A |
| Focal length: 28 mm |
| Focus method: N/A |
| Filter Thread: N/A |
| Full time manual: N/A |
| Groups: 8 |
| Hood supplied: N/A |
| Lens Image stabilization: N/A |
| Lens mount: N/A |
| Lens Materials: N/A |
| Maximum focal length: 28 |
| Maximum magnification: 0.2 |
| Maximum aperture (number): 2.8 |
| Maximum aperture (text): N/A |
| Max Format size: N/A |
| Minimum focal length: 28 |
| Lens Minimum focus distance (m): 0.19 |
| Minimum aperture (number): 16 |
| Minimum aperture (text): N/A |
| Motor type: N/A |
| Number of diaphragm blades: 7 |
| Power zoom: N/A |
| Special elements / coatings: 2 aspherical elements |
| Tripod collar: N/A |
| Lens type: N/A |
| Wide/Tele: N/A |
| Lens Level: N/A |
| Best For: N/A |
| Best For Holiday and Landscape: Yes |
| Best For Interior and Architecture: Yes |
| Best For Fashion and Portrait: N/A |
| Best For Macro and Still Life: Yes |
| Best For Astro: N/A |
| Best For Street: Yes |
| Best For Wildlife and Sport: N/A |
| Zoom lock: N/A |
| Zoom method: N/A |
| Notes: N/A |
















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