On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:30:12 GMT, Heimo Hetl wrote:

>i plan to add a 28mm to the set of lenses for my Nikon. Now there is
>quite a number of various types on the new and used markets and i'd like
> to ask if any of you has experience with one or more of them.
>
>AF would be nice to have but not a prerequesite. Oh yes, and I cannot
>spend $$$$ :-Q
>
>I somewhat learned that 24mm seems to be more popular a focal length
>amongst most folks round here, but I am not in for such a wide angle.
>Rather a 'normal with a touch of wide' - a little more perspective than
>35. When I want space, I take the 20.
>
>So far I found:
>2.8/28 Series E ($$ only but a lemon?)
>2,8/28 AIS
>2,0/28 AIS
>2,8/28 AF (affordable, but supposedly same optics as series E?)
>2,8/28 AFD
>1,4/28 AFD ($$$$)
>and
>Sigma AF 1,8/28
>
>Did i miss anything?

28mm f2.8 AI (different optics from the better AIS),
28mm f3.5 non-AI
28mm f3.5 AI/AIS (different, and much better optics)
28mm f3.5 PC
28mm f4 PC

Of the above, my 4 favorites are (in order)
28mm f4 PC
28mm f2.8 AIS
28mm f3.5 AI/AIS
28mm f2 AI/AIS
BTW, the rare 28mm f2.8 E/AF can be quite
good, but most samples are not...; a few
zooms are quite good at 28mm...
For more, see my Nikkor evaluation list, at:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/slemn.html

>What about the Sigma? It is a prime, after all ?

Most of the off-brand (and many of the "on-brand")
lenses are not up to the best Nikkors...