Nikon · Nikon F (AI / AI-S) · 1981–2005
The 35mm f/2 was the first fast wide-angle for the Nikon F. Nikon released it in 1965 after two scrapped prototypes, then multi-coated it, restyled it, made it AI in 1977 and AI-S in 1981, all with the same basic 8-element design, which Nikon credits to Yoshiyuki Shimizu. Nikon kept selling it even after the autofocus 35mm f/2 arrived. When a Nikon lens designer revisited it on a Z 6 with the FTZ adapter, he found good contrast wide open, some astigmatism and coma flare toward the edges, and visible vignetting until about f/4. By f/5.6 to f/8 the whole frame is sharp. On the FTZ you set the aperture on the ring and the camera meters at that aperture, though the EXIF won't record the f-stop. It's compact, all metal and takes 52mm filters like most Nikkors of its day. On APS-C it frames like a 50mm.
On a mirrorless camera
It’s a Nikon F (AI / AI-S) lens, and its mount sits 46.5 mm from the film. Every mirrorless mount below sits closer than that, so a plain adapter ring fills the gap and the lens still focuses to infinity. On a smaller sensor it frames tighter, like a longer lens.
Versions
The same basic optics run from the 1965 Nikkor-O Auto through the multi-coated Nikkor-O.C Auto (1973), the restyled 1975 version, the 1977 AI and the 1981 AI-S. The versions differ in coating, barrel and coupling. Pre-AI versions have a solid metering prong and no coupling ridge, and Nikon says non-AI lenses must not go on the FTZ adapter. The Series E 35mm f/2.5 is a different, cheaper lens engraved Nikon Lens Series E.
Expect the usual age faults: haze, fungus, oily aperture blades and dried focus grease. It has two cemented groups, so check for separation, which shows as a rainbow or milky patch at the edge of the glass.
New to old glass? How to check a used vintage lens covers haze, fungus and the rest in detail.
Buying guide
We'd buy the AI-S titled serviced at $304 delivered with free shipping and the shop's repair report in the photo, or the Near MINT copy at $229 if you'd rather pay less and check it yourself. There are at least 67 for sale and most ask $310–440 delivered, every one on this page from a Japan dealer, with grades and SIC serial claims setting the price. Look for an orange f/22 on both aperture scales and the metering ridge at the back of the ring, since Nikon says a pre-AI lens without it must not go on the FTZ, and ask for a flashlight photo through the back for haze, fungus or a rainbow edge from separation in its two cemented groups. Skip the boxed unused copy at $750, about twice the median. It needs a Nikon F adapter, and Nikon's FTZ works with it on a Z body; the model page lists the adapters by camera.
![[Exc] Nikon Ai-S NIKKOR 35mm F/2 MF Wide Angle Lens F Mount From Japan](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yVkAAeSwXf5qpcp3/s-l500.jpg)
$189.99est. delivered
The lowest delivered lens here, graded Exc with caps in the photo, at $190 delivered with Best Offer, about half the median. Exc sits low on the dealer's scale, so read the description and ask for a flashlight photo through the back.
[Exc] Nikon Ai-S NIKKOR 35mm F/2 MF Wide Angle Lens F Mount From Japan
$304.30delivered
Titled serviced, with the shop's repair report in the photo, at $304 delivered with free shipping, just under the band. That's less than most unserviced copies here ask.
EXCELLENT 【Serviced】 Nikon Ai-S NIKKOR 35mm F/2 Prime Lens
$304.30delivered
The service claim makes it the least work before you shoot, at $304 delivered against a $373 median. The report is in Japanese, so ask the shop what the service covered.
EXCELLENT 【Serviced】 Nikon Ai-S NIKKOR 35mm F/2 Prime Lens
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Used$189.99est. delivered
$159.99 + $30.00 shipping
Buy It Now$159.99
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Good buy
Exc by the dealer's grade. Caps in the photo.
Seller: milkystar
100% positive
Serviced$304.30delivered
$304.30 · free shipping
Buy It Now$304.30
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Titled serviced. Repair report in the photo, free shipping.
Seller: yamadacamera
100% positive
![[Near MINT] Nikon Ai-s Nikkor 35mm f/2 Wide Angle MF Lens From JAPAN](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8bMAAeSw0PVqTYK5/s-l500.jpg)
Used$228.99est. delivered
$199.99 + $29.00 shipping
Buy It Now$199.99
Our take
Near MINT by the dealer's grade.
Seller: am0302_78
100% positive
![Read! [Near MINT] SIC S/N 331861 Nikon Ai-s 35mm F2 No focus ring rubber JAPAN](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/G7MAAeSw-bxqxuEA/s-l500.jpg)
Used$334.99est. delivered
$299.99 + $35.00 shipping
Buy It Now$299.99
Our take
Titled SIC and missing the focus ring rubber. Read the description.
Seller: lilycraft_japan
100% positive
Used$379.90est. delivered
$279.90 + $100.00 shipping
Buy It Now$279.90
Our take
Titled SIC with a 313xxx serial, Exc+5 by the dealer's grade. $100 of it is shipping.
Seller: japanyuichi
100% positive
Serviced$396.10delivered
$396.10 · free shipping
Buy It Now$396.10
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Titled serviced, repair report in the photo. $92 more than the shop's other serviced copy.
Seller: yamadacamera
100% positive
New old stock$479.99est. delivered
$399.99 + $80.00 shipping
Buy It Now$399.99
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Titled SIC and unused.
Seller: kawashima-camera
100% positive
![SIC S/N 327xxx [Unused Full Set in Box] Nikon Ai-s Nikkor 35mm f2 Ais Lens JAPAN](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UmkAAeSwbfpqzoDx/s-l500.jpg)
New old stock$749.98est. delivered
$599.99 + $149.99 shipping
Buy It Now$599.99
Priced high
Titled unused, full set in the box, with hood and papers in the photo. About twice the median.
Seller: shibainu_camera_japan
100% positive
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