Nikon introduces two new lenses for the Z system, the Pancake Nikkor 26mm and the Nikkor 85mm for portrait photography
Nikon presents two new lenses designed for the Z mirrorless camera system, focusing on covering the wide-angle and portrait ranges. These are the Nikkor Z 26 mm f 2.8, a bright wide-angle pancake and the even brighter Nikkor Z 85 mm f 1.2, perfect for portrait photography and the famous bokeh effect.
Nikon: il nuovo Nikkor Z 26 mm f 2.8
Weighing approximately 125g and measuring just 23.5mm in length, this new super slim and lightweight lens is ideal for creative photography. It’s so discreet that you can really take it anywhere and even the included bayonet lens hood doesn’t add any real bulk. especially since it can be used with 52mm filters for even more imaginative options. Despite its small size, this pancake lens has a reassuringly sturdy construction: the lens mount is metal, and the lens barrel and all moving parts are sealed to ensure protection from dust and water droplets.
Suitable for shooting street photography, landscapes, interiors and more, the new NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8 enables photographers to make every opportunity a creative inspiration. The large Z-Mount bayonet combines with the excellent f/2.8 maximum brightness aperture to ensure optimal performance even in low light conditions; photographers can also use faster than ever shutter speeds to freeze the action without sacrificing brightness. For working up close, focus is sharp even with the camera used just 20cm away from subjects and the bokeh effect can be accentuated at close distances to create subtle background blur. Video professionals and vloggers can take advantage of the wide field of view and low focus breathing variation of the lens to shoot high-impact footage, ideal for everything from wide panoramas to interviews capable of restoring a true sense of place .
Nikkor Z 26 mm f 2.8 technical characteristics
- 26mm Fixed Focal Length Pancake Lens: Versatile 26mm focal length, (equivalent to 39mm on DX-format cameras) with fast f/2.8 aperture. Shoot clearly and sharply in low light or freeze the action without sacrificing brightness.
- The slimmest full-frame wide-angle lens in the Nikon Z product line weighing just 125g and measuring approximately 23.5mm in length.
- Excellent close-up: the minimum focusing distance of just 20cm allows close-up shots, and the large aperture allows you to accentuate the bokeh effect to create a refined background blur.
- Rugged: A metal mount gives this pancake lens a reassuringly rugged build. The lens barrel and all moving parts are sealed to ensure protection against dust and water droplets.1
- Great for video: The wide field of view and low focus breathing variation of the lens let you shoot high-looking footage with ease.
- Customizable Control Ring: The smooth, quiet control ring can be set to control ISO sensitivity, aperture, exposure compensation and more.
- Filter Ready: The 52mm filter can be mounted on the included bayonet lens hood.
Nikon: il nuovo Nikkor Z 85 mm f 1.2
The extraordinary resolving power of this professional lens enables masterful reproduction of skin tones and the finest details of clothing and makeup. Furthermore, thanks to the exceptionally shallow depth of field of the lens and the soft bokeh effect, the images take on an almost three-dimensional quality. For those whose creative vision includes strong backlighting, ghosting, reflections, and flare are completely neutralized. Even when shooting directly into bright light sources, you’ll always get the sharpest, clearest results.
Autofocus is precise, allowing photographers to confidently meet the challenge of shooting at an aperture of f/1.2 and working with a narrow plane of sharpness. The controls are fully customizable and easy to reach, ideal when you want to shoot without breaking eye contact with your subject. In addition, the sturdy chassis is extensively sealed to ensure photographers can work even in dusty places or in different weather conditions.
Nikkor Z 85 mm f 1.2 technical characteristics
- Classic 85mm focal length: for fashion and fine art portraiture as well as editorial and event portraiture.
- Extremely large maximum aperture of f/1.2: allows excellent control of aesthetics in any light condition. Photographers can work with an exceptionally narrow plane of sharpness and isolate even the smallest details.
- Sublime Bokeh Effect: The constant circular aperture with 11 rounded blades and the advanced optical design produce a wide, soft and defocused in perception that is perfectly natural and evenly graduated bokeh, without aberrations, even with point light sources reproduced in a properly rounded shape.
- S-Line Optics: Extraordinary resolving power for accurate and detailed reproduction of skin tones, patterns and details. The clarity and color contrast throughout the frame is outstanding.
- Liberating Clarity: Dedicated lenses and Nikon’s anti-reflective Nano Crystal Coat control light scatter and combat ghosting, reflections and flare.
- Super-sharp Multi-Focus System: Two lens groups move in precise synchronization to keep the desired point of focus sharp, even when subjects move freely.
- Fascinating cinematic style: when shooting, the exceptionally shallow depth of field and stunning bokeh effect make this portrait lens the perfect complement to cinematic close-ups. Video professionals get decent autofocus and stable aperture control.
- Customizable: You can assign functions to the L-Fn button and silent control ring.
- Rugged: The rugged camera body is extensively sealed at the barrel seams and buttons, and a rubber seal prevents dust, dirt or moisture from entering the lens mount.