"Jim MacKenzie" <jim@dusykbarlow.sk.ca> wrote in message news:3f142a20@news3.accesscomm.ca...

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> <nospamXXX@voyager.net> wrote in message

> news:bevjsj$bsr$1@agate.berkeley.edu...

> > How does this lens compare with the 35mm f2.0D? in terms of distortion

> > and sharpness?

>

> I had the non-D 35/2, which is identical optically to the D version.

> Stopped down, my 35/2 was approximately equal to the 28/2.8D in the centre

> of the frame, but inferior at the edges. At wide apertures, the 35/2 was

> equal to the 28/2.8D in the centre of the frame, but vastly inferior at the

> edges. The out-of-focus corners were quite obvious at f/2, especially.

>

> Jim

Mebbe my universe is different...;-)

While I prefer the 35mm f2 AIS for center-to-corner crispness

in the image wide open (even with its illumination roll-off), the

35mm f2 AF Nikkors I've tried have been good to the corners

wide open, a BIG improvement over the many soft-edged

28mm f2.8 E/AF samples I've seen (with the "D" being only

somewhat improved over the non-D design...). Hmmmm...

I guess we look for different things, or run across different sets

of samples...;-)