Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.4 (FX)

By [NR] admin | Published: March 7, 2009

Update: this rumor is busted - the third lens was the manual 35mm f/1.4 AIS lens. What some readers still don't get is that this site is based on a comunity effort - many times I have questions and ask for help - I do not know everything.

I received this email today:

"Today I wanted to buy a Nikon 35 1.8 Dx in a store in Austria, they looked after it in the computer and found 3 Nikkor 35mm lenses: 35mm f2 , 35mm f1.8 dx and a 35mm f1.4.
I ddn´t know that nikon made a 1.4 version of this lens..."

Why I find this interesting? Because last year, we had the same situation few weeks before the Nikon AF-s 50mm f/1.4 was released - see this translation from German and this post: for some reason the inventories in some stores got updated with the new models shortly before the official release.

If anyone in Austria or Germany is working in a camera store - can you please check what kind of Nikon 35 mm lenses are listed in the computer? Thanks.

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  3. Nikon 35mm DX lens now shipping
  4. The missing link: Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.4 lens and a new Speedlight SB-650
  5. The first Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G ships in Canada *updated*
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  • PabloV

    I was just going to post that we have no interesting rumors/news lately

    But well, maybe something appears :)

    Besides new lenses always welcome to so many people, I am still waiting VERY much for the D400 announcement, despite I need a FX DSLR, the D400 can give an idea where Nikon is going on…

    • PabloV

      typo: should have said: “where NIkon is going to…”

  • Your Eyes

    what ever they do they must improve on the video feature….

    my next Nikon upgrade will be a FX and video for sure.

    • StillWaiting4D800

      Same here but I got a feeling it won’t be any time soon.

      • Anonymous

        My bet is that Nikon will keep video out of FX for now, to keep prices up for FX bodies. This way they’re separating pros from the rest.

  • http://toddparsons.net todd parsons

    The manual 35mm 1.4 is still produced and available today. That’s probably what it is. Wouldn’t hold your breath.

    • Anonymous

      I think I have to agree about the 35mm f/1.4 being the AIS version. Especially considering the e-mailer said “I didn´t know that Nikon made a 1.4 version of this lens…”, and the fact that the previous post about the 50mm f/1.4G AF-S clearly stipulated the AF-S G designation, this time, it was simply a 35mm f/1.4 with no additional information. So based on these, I would be inclined to think this is a 35mm f/1.4 AIS.

      • Anonymous

        +1 no rumor here. Shame.

      • Anonymous

        +1 no rumor here. Shame.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_wrath_of_khan/ TWoK

    You do realize that Nikon still has 3, yes 3 35mm lenses in production right? The 35/2.0D, the 35/1.8G DX AND the 35/1.4 AIS! 99.9% That is what this guy was seeing in the system. If not I’ll be a bit upset to have just bought a 28/1.4D.

  • StillWaiting4D800

    nice…

  • anon

    yawnnnn…admin..did you not learn anything from New Nikon lens AF-S 17-35 f/1.8D IF ED busted rumor?

  • crampo al culo

    and in the email text where is it written af-s?
    as many others have stated, nikon make already a 35/1.4

    writing AF-S in the title of the news is a good way to increase traffic the site owners (and the advertisers) but doesn’t add anything for us

    I’m gonna delete my feed RSS right now, I’m a bit tired about this fakes
    bye bye

    • Eugene

      here is nikon “rumors”
      not nikon announcement ha ha …

      take easy

    • http://flickr.com/photos/friedtoast/ Fried Toast

      >”I’m gonna delete my feed RSS right now, I’m a bit tired about this fakes
      bye bye”

      Wheat, wave “bye bye” to chaff.

  • Sam27

    Guys… It is the Manual One…. 10000%

  • stageshadow

    come down, this site is called NIKON RUMORS, not NIKON ANNOUNCEMENTS…
    About the lens rumor, checked it today by myself, at a store called Hartlauer in Austria and found exactly the same three 35mm lenses.
    There were no hint about Af-s, D or Ais , just the “DX” showed up in the system, so if the 35 1.4 Ais is still in production, it could be this lens.
    One last thing about the 35 1.8 DX, looks like nikon needs more of them that they can deliver at the moment (here in austria), 3-4 weeks waiting time for the lens. WOW!

    Greetz Stageshadow

  • Ivan Feign

    Uh, I don’t see any mention of AF-S in the lenses you’ve mentioned. Nikon’s had a 35mm f/1.4 AI-S for years. AI. Not AF.

    http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Camera-Lenses/1429/NIKKOR-35mm-f%252F1.4.html

  • Eugene

    AIS 35mm 1.4 was announced at 1982/02 wow!
    unbelievable it is as old as me, 27 ago
    are you sure it is still be produced?
    camera stores should not listed those outdated lens
    or the menu will be exploded and caused a lot of trouble ha ha …

    • Puppeteer

      Why ever not? They still produce them and they are superb manual lenses – better in many ways than any of the AF-S modern lenses. They are true quality, precision instruments – not toys from the age of the digital photographer. From the time when you needed skill and talent to be a photographer not just a large wallet.

  • Calvin

    Absolutely disappointed. Admin still did not learn from previous critique and continuously show us that you are ridiculous and know little about Nikon history.

    AIS 35 f/1.4 is still producing now.

    I had been trusting nikonrumors so far. But now, I think I have reservation on this site.

    IMO, I think you should study the so-called “rumors” in a logical way, analyze its reliability and, if you don’t know much about it, ask your experienced Nikon friends. I agree that you need to report every “smoke” but I think it should be in a sensible way. Like I can one day email you seeing a 50mm f/1.2. If you do not study it, you may simply post that AF-S 50 1.2 is about to launch. Study it, and you would know there is AIS 50mm f/1.2 still in production. If you are brainlessly reporting the “rumors”, I think it would severely decrease the creditability of NR.

    You’d better apologize for your carelessness to all respectful NR readers, or delete all the posts including this news immediately. But if you choose the later, I hope that my voice could come into your mind and you could really learn this time, not just having deleted my post last time but without learned.

    Thank you.

    • http://nikonrumors.com/ [NR] admin

      I do get a lot of e mail that I check and filter out the garbage. This 35mm AIS lens, I did not catch – I did check, but not in the manual focus section.

  • Coolpix

    If it’s interresting someone i know that one piece of this 35mm f1.4 is for sell as used here in France

  • Anonymous

    i smell flames here

    “when there’s smoke there’s fire.”

  • Mathias

    Hi!

    I am sorry, but it is very simple. The Answer is AI-S

    http://geizhals.at/deutschland/?cat=acamobjo_nik;asuch=35mm&xf=785_Nikon

    bw
    Mat

  • http://flickr.com/photos/friedtoast/ Fried Toast

    >”…… Goodbye”

    Two whiners in a row gone. Day couldn’t get much better, could it?

  • http://flickr.com/photos/friedtoast/ Fried Toast

    >”remove this rumor post because it’s not a rumor absolutely at all.”

    Not sure what your definitely of “rumor” is, but it seems like a rumor to me. Now, maybe it’s a rumor that will be busted w/ a high degree of certainty… that’s possible. But unless you can point out that there’s *definitely* no 35mm f1.4 in the works, then why bother crying about it? Just kill the tab and move on. Just because you think you’re cool for having looked up information on the 35mm f1.4 AIS on Google doesn’t mean you need to go waving your internet dick around at people.

    Go outside and shoot pictures or something- relax. Or does recommending that sort of thing make *me* an idiot?
    :P

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