Nikon Nikkor AF-S 35 mm f/1.8G ED review - Distortion

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Nikon Nikkor AF-S 35 mm f/1.8G ED

12 June 2014

Arkadiusz Olech

6. Distortion

The chart below shows a comparison of results in the distortion category between the full frame 35 mm lenses we’ve tested so far. The results are presented for both the APS-C/DX sensor and for full frame.

	Sigma 1.4/35	Zeiss 1.4/35	Nikkor AF-S 1.4/35	Canon 2.0/35 IS	Nikkor 1.8/35G ED	Samyang 1.4/35
APS-C/DX	−0.59%	−0.74%	−0.96%	−0.65%	−0.87%	−0.83%
FF	−1.09%	−1.48%	−1.90%	–1.34%	−1.62%	−1.58%

There are no big differences there. The Sigma A 1.4/35 fares the best and the worst is the Nikkor AF-S 35 mm f/1.4G ED. What’s interesting, the slower and cheaper Nikkor AF-S 35 mm f/1.8G ED is better than its more expensive brother but it is worse than the Canon 2/35 IS. That level of distortion anyway shouldn’t worry you at all and you can ignore it. Apart from that correcting distortion is easy as it doesn’t entail a significant narrowing of the field of view.

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