Lens decal Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm 1: 4.5-5.6E VR ED... The only DSLR lens to feature both 'AF-P' and 'E'
Nikon Nikkor AF-P
Nikon did not have time to widely implement AF-P stepping motors in SLR lenses. AF-P motors are installed only in the most budget solutions, such as standard kit lenses of class 18-55 / 3.5-5.6 and inexpensive 'dark' telephoto lenses of class 70-300 / 4.5-6.3 for Nikon DX series cameras. The only exception is the interesting width 10-20 / 4.5-5.6. For a full frame, only one single 'AF-P' type lens came out at all: 70-300/4.5-5.6.
List of all Nikon Nikkor AF-P:
- Nikon DX AF-P Nikkor 10-20mm 1: 4.5-5.6G VR
- Nikon DX AF-P Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G / Nikon DX AF-P Nikkor 18-55mm 1: 3.5-5.6G VR
- Nikon DX AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm 1: 4.5-6.3G ED / Nikon DX AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm 1: 4.5-6.3G ED VR
- Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm 1: 4.5-5.6E VR ED
All cameras announced before release Nikon D4 (+ D3200) cannot work with these lenses. And for some who can potentially do it, you need to update the firmware.
Nikon Nikkor E
The electromagnetic diaphragm has been implemented mainly only in the TOP Nikon Nikkor lenses for SLR cameras. The first such lens was Nikon 800 / 5.6E, announced in 2013.
- E:
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 28mm 1: 1.4E ED
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 105mm 1: 1.4E ED
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 300mm 1: 4E PF ED VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 400mm 1: 2.8E ED FL VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 500mm 1: 5.6E ED PF VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 500mm 1: 4E ED FL VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 600mm 1: 4E ED FL VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 800mm 1: 5.6E ED FL VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 8-15mm 1: 3.5-4.5E ED Fisheye
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 16-80mm 1: 2.8-4E ED VR DX
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm 1: 2.8E ED VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1: 2.8E FL ED VR
- Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm 1:4.5-5.6E ED VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm 1: 2.8E FL ED SR VR
- Nikon N AF-S Nikkor 180-400mm 1: 4E FL ED VR TC 1.4
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm 1: 5.6E ED VR
- PC-E:
- Nikon N PC-E Nikkor 24mm 1: 3.5D ED
- Nikon N PC-E Nikkor 45mm 1: 2.8D ED Microphone
- Nikon N PC-E Nikkor 85mm 1: 2.8D Microphone
- PC, E:
- Nikon N PC Nikkor 19mm 1: 4E ED
- Z, E:
- All lenses Nikon Nikkor Z
- 1, E.
- All lenses Nikon Nikkor 1
By the way, only one Nikon AF-P 70-300 / 4.5-5.6E VR has a stepping motor 'AF-P' and an electromagnetic diaphragm control 'E' at the same time.
'AF-P' and 'E' once again violated the integrity of the system (compatibility between cameras and lenses) and made additional confusion in the heads of users (and there were enough difficulties without it). But the trouble is not great. Nikon Nikkor SLR lenses, in their overwhelming majority, will no longer develop. All new items will be released mainly for mirrorless solutions.
Let me remind you that the electromagnetic diaphragm has been used in all Canon lenses since 1987 (it was introduced 26 years earlier than Nikon), and the installation of Canon STM stepper motors in the lenses did not in any special way affect the compatibility of cameras and Canon EOS lenses. At the same time, Canon's DSLR system has a much larger fleet of budget optics with STM motors.
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Canon's STM glasses work even on the very first carcasses of the EOS system. On my film 630, stabilizers, USM and STM motors worked fine for me, although at the time of this camera everything only hummed with micromotors and clicked gears. That's what I understand - compatibility.
So what's the problem? Twist one way, twist the other, stop. More step, less step with time, hands, engine - from the point of view of the cameraman, the difference is small. What Nikon had to be wise (and why) I do not understand.
Apparently they strongly optimized AF-P / STM for video shooting, with a different logic of AF operation and did not want to leave the usual logic. Or even more banal and simple - if you want a new AF-P / STM - take a new camera to it. $$$
Plus. All STM lenses work on the EOS 650 (which is literally the very first EOS). I don’t think it’s a matter of Nikon’s laziness, or marketing, it’s just that this compatibility would probably be kept on such crutches, that it was easier not to do it at all. And Canon, who made a new mount from scratch, probably foresaw future modifications and left a headroom for backward compatibility for them.
I like articles like this. Much more reviews. I have 3 carcasses (d700, f100, f80) and also burns. I want a Tamron 70-210 / 4, it has an electronic aperture drive. Full functionality will be available only on the d700 (the stabilizer should work everywhere, but it must be checked)
Arkady is wrong. The electronic diaphragm drive appeared on PC-E glasses as (as I understand it) a physical necessity. They also need to be included in the list.
PC-E NIKKOR 24mm F3.5D ED
PC-E Micro NIKKOR 45mm f / 2.8D ED
PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f / 2.8D
And the newest
PC NIKKOR 19mm f / 4E ED
Aperture proof:
https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/24mm-pc.htm
Yes PC-E / PC, E it goes without saying and was already described by me here https://radojuva.com/2014/05/nikon-e/
I also stated that Nikon N PC-E Nikkor 24mm 1: 3.5D Tilt / Shift ED Aspherical Nano Crystal Coat is the very first Nikon lens with an electromagnetic diaphragm
This article also covers conventional / classic photo lenses with autofocus and without tilt / shift directionality. Let me remind you that Nikon tilt / shift is all manual.
By the way, note that the first tilt / shift was marked as PC-E (Nikon PC-E 45mm 1: 2.8D ED), only the last one as PC, E (Nikon PC NIKKOR 19mm 1: 4E ED). That is, replacing D -> E, and PC as a separate class.
Update comment: added this same link to this article to broaden your horizons.
As I understand it, 24 still allowed you to turn the diaphragm with the handles on the ring, and the rest did not have this ring anymore?
Nikon's curse was his bayonet
“Once again violated the integrity of the system” - that is why Nikon is not a system. I would prefer Panasonic or Canon. As a result, I bought a Canon 90D and I don't fool myself :)))
Usually they say “I don’t fool my head,” although if someone thinks not with his head, but with the indicated place, everything is possible)))
And how many and what kind of lenses do you have for her, purely for the sake of interest?
As I understand it, the power of stepper motors is in speed and accuracy, but not in power. Therefore, they are unlikely to get to expensive light lenses in the foreseeable future, where lenses are large and heavy (in contrast to dark zooms). Ring usm will reign there for a long time.
If you look at the modern line of Z-lenses for Nikon, then all of them are equipped with focusing stepping motors and electromagnetic diaphragms. There are no exceptions for light and expensive lenses, except for one - 0,95. But even there there were no technical difficulties to make it autofocus. It was originally designed that way, but it turned out to be so large and heavy that the motor would have increased its dimensions and weight even more.
Not all lenses are large and heavy there. Therefore, the engine spins a group of small lenses well beyond the huge front elements. But the huge front elements are becoming lighter and lighter, manufacturers pay special attention to this, you can compare the revisions of lenses by weight.
STM, if it is not on the gears, but on the screw, it is quieter. USM is faster. But these are extremes, they also have hybrid ones, all sorts of micro and nano usms.
The advantages of the USM motor lie in the fact that it is gearless and can be built in almost any size. But they have a minus: they can only twist at one high speed, otherwise there is a risk of breakage of the piezoelectric elements.
The growing dominance of stepper motors is a tribute to video that has made its way to cameras in earnest. The stepper can turn the helicoid precisely, quietly and, most importantly, with different speeds.
For USM photos, I find it better. With it, the AF speed is limited only by the slowness of the AF module in the carcass. For video, the USM is too twitchy, it already needs hands or an external drive