Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8 Fast, Compact And Affordable

The Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8 is a surprise package from the company in the crowded segment of standard zoom lenses. Shridhar Kunte reports.

- Shridhar Kunte

PLUS

• Small and light

• Constant f/2.8

• Full weathersealing

MINUS

• Distortion

• No distance scale

Despite having two very similar lenses in its roster, like the Z 24-70mm f/4S and the Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S, Nikon introduced another interesting option-an in-between lens that is the Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8 S, which is a stop faster than the Z 24-70mm f/4S, and borrows state of the art features from the Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S. The only difference here is that the new lens starts at 28mm instead of 24mm.

Features

It is constructed using 15 elements in 12 groups, One Super ED element and one extra-low dispersion element (to help control chromatic aberration), and three aspherical elements (to keep distortion and spherical aberrations low). The lens' 9 blade aperture is rounded to produce engaging bokeh. It comes with a stepping motor to keep the focusing speed fast and silent, despite camera to subject distance. The lens has a minimum focusing distance of 19cm, a filter size of 67mm, and a zoom ratio of 2.6x.