Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 Lens Officially Announced

Nikon has officially announced the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4, marking its first f/1.4 lens for the Z-mount mirrorless system. Previously, Nikon’s prime lenses for this mount were mostly available in f/1.2, f/1.8, or f/2.8 variants.

The NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 is a wide-angle prime lens featuring a fast f/1.4 maximum aperture and is priced affordably at $599.95. This lens allows users to enjoy the benefits of a large aperture, such as soft bokeh and three-dimensional rendering that make subjects stand out. Its 35mm focal length is versatile, suitable for a variety of scenes including landscapes, snapshots, portraits, and close-ups of flowers and pets. With a minimum focus distance of 0.27 meters, users can capture detailed close-ups of subjects like food and flowers, creating images with pronounced background bokeh.

Despite its large aperture, the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 maintains a compact and lightweight design, measuring approximately 86.5 mm in length and weighing around 415 grams. This makes it comparable in size to the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S and convenient for daily use and quick snapshots. The lens boasts superior optical performance typical of NIKKOR Z lenses, delivering clear images with minimal chromatic aberrations. When shooting close-up portraits at maximum aperture, the lens produces soft rendering around the face while keeping the eyelashes sharply in focus. Stopping down the aperture for landscape shots results in sharp, detailed images, allowing photographers to achieve their desired imaging expression.

Interestingly, the Z 35mm f/1.4 is not part of Nikon’s premium ‘S’ line of lenses and is priced lower than the 35mm f/1.8 S, which originally retailed for $849. This new lens features a construction of eleven elements in nine groups, including two aspherical elements. Unlike other lenses, its specifications do not match any existing models, suggesting it is a unique design rather than a re-bodied version of another lens.

The lens uses a stepper motor for autofocus, typical of Z-mount lenses, and includes a customizable control ring. On full-frame cameras, the 35mm can be used as a slight wide-angle lens, while on Nikon’s DX APS-C cameras, it provides a 53mm equivalent focal length. The NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 will be available in mid-July at a recommended price of $599.95.

Primary features

• The lens offers excellent cost-performance with the fast, f/1.4 maximum aperture, allowing users to enjoy three-dimensional expressions with large bokeh that make the subject stand out.
• With a total length of approximately 86.5 mm and a weight of around 415 g, the lens is easy to carry and supports comfortable hand-held shooting.
• The wide-angle 35-mm angle of view enables the easy capture of a wide range of scenes and subjects, from landscapes and snapshots to people, flowers, and pets.
• A minimum focus distance of 0.27 m allows users to get close to their subject and achieve large background bokeh for impressive shots.
• The superior optical performance of NIKKOR Z lenses delivers clear depiction with minimal chromatic aberrations.
• Adoption of a stepping motor (STM) ensures fast and quiet autofocusing.
• Designed to suppress focus breathing, which is ideal for recording video.*¹
• Designed for dust- and drip-resistance with sealing throughout.*²

• *1Focus breathing may be noticeable depending on the distance between the lens and the subject due to the characteristics of the lens.
• *2Thorough dust- and drip-resistance is not guaranteed in all situations or under all conditions

Press Release:

Fast and affordable: Nikon releases the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4, a natural wide-angle lens for the Nikon Z mount


Elevate Your Artistry with the Latest NIKKOR Z Prime Lens

MELVILLE, NY (June 26, 2024) – Today Nikon announced the release of the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4, a wide-angle prime lens that is compatible with Z mount full-frame/FX format mirrorless cameras. This fast, versatile lens offers a natural angle of view, popular among street and portrait photographers, with the creative freedom provided by a bright maximum aperture of f/1.4–all at an affordable price.

Not only does the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 allow users to enjoy beautiful soft bokeh and three-dimensional rendering at wide apertures, its versatile 35mm focal length and short minimum focus distance of 10.6 in. (0.27 m) make it ideal for capturing a wide variety of scenes and subjects. From landscapes and street photography to portraits and photos of flowers and pets, photographers and filmmakers will enjoy outstanding sharpness, beautifully-blurred backgrounds and exceptional versatility in low light.

Despite its large f/1.4 maximum aperture the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 is a great “carry everywhere” lens for day-to-day shooting, weighing just 14.6 oz (415 g) and measuring only 3.4 in. (86.5mm)1 in length.

The superior optical performance unique to NIKKOR Z lenses allows for clear images with outstanding clarity including close-up portraits that emphasize the subject with a pleasant background blur. Stopping down the aperture when photographing landscapes realizes incredible sharpness. As a wide-angle prime lens with superior cost performance, the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 supports the capture of a wide variety of scenes and subjects, and will appeal to a wide variety of enthusiast creators.

Primary features of the Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4:

• Beautiful bokeh: Max aperture of f/1.4 allows photographers and filmmakers to achieve smooth, creamy out of focus backgrounds while precisely controlling depth-of-field for ideal subject and background separation.
• Versatile focal length: The 35mm focal length is close to that of human vision, making it ideal for capturing a wide range of scenes and subjects. On DX format Z cameras, the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 becomes a 52mm equivalent prime lens, close to the classic “standard” 50mm.
• Close minimum focus: Close focus of just 10.6 in (0.27 m) is ideal for capturing details in food and flowers with a beautifully blurred background.
• Compact and well-balanced: The NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 weighs just 14.6 oz (415 g), making it is easy to carry and comfortable to use for hand-held shooting.
• Fast and quiet autofocus: The use of a stepping motor (STM) for autofocus ensures fast and quiet autofocus for both stills and video.
• Clickless control ring: Easily control key exposure settings including aperture, ISO sensitivity and exposure compensation.
• Suppressed focus breathing: Advanced optical design means the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4’s focal length stays consistent during focusing, which is ideal when recording video.2
• Dust and drip-resistant: Seals throughout the design help prevent dust and water droplets from entering the lens.3

Price and Availability

The new Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 lens will be available in mid July 2024 for a suggested retail price of $599.95.* For more information about the latest Nikon products, including the extensive lineup of NIKKOR Z lenses and the entire range of Z series cameras, please visit Nikonusa.com.

*SRP (Suggested Retail Price) listed only as a suggestion. Actual prices are set by dealers and are subject to change at any time.

1. Distance to end of lens from camera lens mount flange.
2. Focus breathing may be noticeable depending on the distance between the lens and the subject due to the characteristics of the lens.
3. Thorough dust- and drip-resistance is not guaranteed in all situations or under all conditions.