Nikon Nikkor Z 20 mm f/1.8 S review - Introduction

Have you rated your lenses yet?

Nikon Nikkor Z 20 mm f/1.8 S

17 July 2020

Maciej Latałło

1. Introduction

Nikon Corporation started to build their Z full frame system mainly with fixed focal f/1.8 lenses. First, in August 2018, the 1.8/35 and the 1.8/50 models were released; in July 2019 they added to that group the 1.8/85 and a bit later, in September 2019, the wide-angle 1.8/24. Finally, in February 2020, the Nikkor Z 20 mm f/1.8 S was launched. The following chart presents a comparison between basic parameters of all these optical instruments.

You can notice at once that the Nikkor 1.8/20 is optically the most complex lens in this group; it also remains physically the heaviest and it comes with the bigger filter diameter. Will all these features allow it to reach good image quality both in the frame centre and on its edge, a very demanding requirement with such angles of view? Let's find out in the following chapters.

Courtesy of the Nikon company we have been sent one specimen of that lens for testing purposes and now we can invite you, dear Readers, to find out how it fared in our tests – enjoy your reading!

Please Support Us

If you enjoy our reviews and articles, and you want us to continue our work please, support our website by donating through PayPal. The funds are going to be used for paying our editorial team, renting servers, and equipping our testing studio; only that way we will be able to continue providing you interesting content for free.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - advertisement - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

You are also invited to get acquainted with our test procedure, described in the article "How do we test lenses?" If you feel it’s still not enough, please go to our FAQ section where you can find some further explanation.