Nikon 35mm f/1.8 DX lens on a full frame camera

August 17, 2010 By 10 Comments

35mm f/1.8 DXWhy try it?

After reading the article from Ryan Brenizer on using the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 DX lens on a full frame camera body I decided to give it a shot.  The lens is under $200 and smaller than the 50mm f/1.4.  The wide view is similar to my old 24mm f/2 lens (when used on full frame of course)

Ken Rockwell also shared his tests of the lens which you can check out on his website.

I leave my camera set at FX mode all the time because I rarely use DX lenses on it.  So I didn’t need to adjust any settings to enable FX mode snice it was already on.  Otherwise, if your camera is set to automatically switch between DX and FX mode, go to your menu settings and change it manually.

So this  is my example of the lens shot at f/1.8 on my Nikon D700.

before Photoshop's lens correction

before Photoshop's lens correction

after Photoshop's lens correction

after Photoshop's lens correction

Final Thoughts

Very sharp, pretty fast focus and nice vingetting.  After the lens correction you would never know it is a DX lens.  So if you are in need of a prime lens that is wider than the 50mm for FX then I recommend giving the 35mm f/1.8 DX lens a shot.

Thanks for reading and happy shooting,

Scott

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Comments

  1. Z-Blocker says:
    September 1, 2010 at 10:10 am

    Hi,

    What settings did you use to correct this lens?

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  2. scottwyden says:
    September 1, 2010 at 10:12 am

    I used the built-in Lightroom Lens Correction

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  3. Tgrubbs says:
    November 16, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    I though if you put on a DX lens on the FX body you got knocked down to 6meg automatically. Are you saying you can use the 35 1.8 DX lens in FX mode and get full 12 meg pics by forcing the camera into FX mode only. I have the Nikon d700 and have all FX lenses but the 35 1.8 DX lens may be a good addition if the picture quality is good and you do not get automatically jammed to 6 meg.

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  4. Gservo says:
    February 28, 2011 at 7:52 am

    Thats pretty awesome, with my D90 the 35mm is the only dx lens I own, knowing it will work well with an fx makes me smile

    Reply

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