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The Nikon 15 3.5 is a specialized lens which is unique in that the lens is a rectilinear lens, ie the lens has no discernable pincushion or barrel distortion, This makes the lens valuable for architectural photography and photographing large groups in small spaces. Used at creative angles the lens has unlimited creative possibilities. I bought this lens as none of Nikon's current offerings in this focal length match the performance and versatility of this lens, The loss of autofocus is minor as at F/8-11 everything from 2' away to infinity is in focus, This lens fits everything from Nikon's orginal F to the D4s and performs equally well on all of them.
Pros - very sharp and rectilinear images - Good at F8-11 - Build Quality - close-up range - Great outfit on mounted Cons - Flare/Blue Blobs but fantastic - a bit slow to work with manual focus - Not able to put front filter - Price - a bit hard to compose but you can crop it later
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This is a fantastic lens that is an ultra wide rectalinear type. It does not distort like most other superwide angle lenses. Works well on Nikon Pro digital SLR bodies, D200, D300, D300s, D700, D3, D3s , D3x and others that will work with non cpu lenses. Focus is smooth, and the build is very robust. One of my favorites, especially with interior room images.
This is an amazing lens hat opens wide and wild and makes our world bigger longer and deeper without any distortion. Actually you won't need to focus ( almost ). Amazing to a big first plane ( very close ) with everything behind in focus. Architecture becomes a different thing with it. Use your creativity to landscapes, portraits and everything else... But take care ! As you can not use a UV protection filter, the first element is always exposed to risks.
I found this lens more helpfull than modern nikkor 14-24mm lens. 15mm is much lighter so better for landscaping than 1kg 14-24mm. very nice design and nice feeling goes from the lens if you have it in your hands. big advantage of the 15mm nikkor is that it is most wide rectilinear lens of all nikkors you are able to buy (really most wide is 13mm ais nikkor, but almost impossible to purchase one, if you will find it for sale, let me know, please). present vignetting is expected in this angle league. one real problem is blue flare spot/area when shooting outdoors. this lens is so wide that you have small chance to compose image without this blue spot. it is rexlex from the sky, probably. for best results lens aperture should be stopped down to 5,6-11.