Featuring a stylish, vintage-inspired design, the Nikon NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 (SE) is a versatile, everyday prime straddling wide-angle and normal fields of view and featuring a bright f/2 maximum aperture. The distinct focal length is wide enough for spontaneous shooting but still tight enough for portraiture and selective focus shooting. Additionally, the lens's compact, portable form factor makes it perfect for walkaround shooting and equally well-suited to use on FX or DX-format camera bodies.

In terms of handling, a stepping motor AF system offers quiet and smooth focusing performance that benefits both stills and video capture and a programmable control ring can also be set for intuitive adjustment over a variety of camera and exposure settings.

Z-Mount Lens/FX Format    Aperture Range: f/2 to f/16    Special Edition Vintage Design    Retro NIKKOR Logo and Typeface    Two Aspherical Elements    Super Integrated Coating    Stepping Motor AF System    Programmable Control Ring    Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm    52mm UV Filter

This Special Edition version of the Z 40mm f/2 lens features a retro-inspired design with checked knurling on the lens body, a contrasting silver band, and a vintage NIKKOR logo and typeface that mimics the look of lenses used on classic Nikon FM film cameras.

Wide-normal prime lens is designed for FX-format Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras and can also be used with DX-format models, where it provides a 60mm equivalent focal length.

Bright f/2 maximum aperture excels in difficult lighting conditions and also offers increased control over depth of field for isolating subjects using depth of field.

Two aspherical elements are featured in the optical design and help to limit spherical aberrations and distortion in order to achieve high sharpness and accurate rendering.

Super Integrated Coating suppresses flare and ghosting for improved contrast and color fidelity when working in strong lighting conditions.

Stepping motor delivers impressively smooth, quiet, and fast autofocus performance that is well-suited to both stills and video applications. Full-time manual focus override is also possible and an internal focusing design is used, where only the internal lens groups are moved during focusing, to maintain the overall length of the lens during use and to promote faster focusing speeds.

Programmable Control Ring is, by default, set to adjust manual focus but can also be used to control aperture or exposure compensation.

Specialized electromagnetic aperture mechanism provides greater exposure control stability that is especially beneficial when working with fast continuous shooting rates.

Rounded nine-blade diaphragm promotes a pleasing out of focus quality that benefits the use of shallow depth of field and selective focus techniques.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. What lens hood can work with this lens?

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Q: 2. Would this lens work on a canon body? (7D Mark II )

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Q: 3. Does this lens work with my D7500?

A: Yes, this lens will work with your D7500.

Q: 4. Is this compatible with the D700?

A: It will work with the D700 in crop mode. It is a DX lens and not a full frame lens like your camera requires and when used on the D700, it will only use about 40% of the center reducing the resolution to about 5 megapixels.

Q: 5. I am a bit confused, it states that it is a DX format lens, but states it is compatible with the Z6/Z7 cameras. Will it function in FX mode on a Z6/Z7 camera? If so, I could see this lens being a nice compact video lens with a gimbal.

A: When using this lens on an FX camera, the FX camera would go into DX mode, and you'd be using the center most portion of the sensor as opposed to the full size of an FX sensor.

Q: 6. Does anyone make a square lens hood that will fit on the 28mm Z mount lens?

A: Nikon NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 (SE) Lens has a 52mm front thread. You can use a low-profile circular or petal shape lens hood. The lens does not have a bayonet mount for a dedicated lens hood nor there is a square lens hood with a 52mm clip or screw-on option.

Q: 7. Does this lens have VR? The specs on BH website says yes, but the title on the page makes no mention of VR. I dont believe a wide angle lens needs VR.

A: This lens does not have built-in image stabilization.

Q: 8. Does this lens auto focus on a Nikon Z-50 camera with an ftz adapter?

A: Yes, it is fully compatible with the Z50.

Q: 9. Is it compatible with Nikon D3300

A: Yes, the Nikon AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G Lens is compatible with the Nikon D3300.

Q: 10. Would this make a good companion lens with my D500/16-80mm VR lens?

A: I bought this lens for my wife back in December. She loves to take pictures of flowers and hasn't been disappointed.