phineas_tarbolde1 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I know that this lens has had a reputation for sticky aperture blades on this lens. Anyone who has purchased this lens recently...can you tell me if this problem has been finally recified by Nikon? Nikon has been awfully quiet about this problem. I've heard about this problem for productions as late as about 2002. I really like this lens but am hesitant about buying it if this problem has not been completely put to rest. Unfortunately there are no fixed lens alternative to this lens at 35mm...unless I go with a third party manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_276104 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I bought a used one from KEH last winter. Not sure how old it actually is, but no problems with the aperture blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_ Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 The early AF 28mm f2.8 (non-D) Nikkor lenses had a oil-blade problem: haven't see any problems with the AF 35mm f2D Nikkor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_t. Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Bought mine a long time ago and no sticky or oily blades problems. I personally have not encountered the above problems with the samples I seen from stores. Small, light, & razor sharp lens w/beautiful colors, BTW. It's my normal lens now and one of my favorites. Back when film cameras were king, this lens was perceived "boring" by many and you couldn't even give this lens away. Now, it's a red hot item thanks to the 1.5X crop factor of digicams. Wish Nikon put out a f/1.4 or f/1.2 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwrtertbsratbs5 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Mine is about a year old - no signs of oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_gifford Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I have an older Nikkor AF 35/2 (mid-1990s) that DID suffer the oily aperture blade problem. Because of that, I have been paying some attention for the last several years to the idea that Nikon fixed the issue. I think they did fix it, because I have not seen any threads here or in other photo sites where someone complained of being bitten by oil on aperture blades of a 35/2 Nikkor bought after 2003 or so. All the "oops" lenses seem to be older than that -- like mine. Be well, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_t. Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 It appears that the D version does have the notorious oil problem. There are a couple eBay listings right now mentioning oil problems with 35mm AF-D f/2. I have seen others listings mentioned it the past also on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiyen Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 So the AF (non-D) doesn't have it? any clue if the current crop of AF-D's has it? I'd like a 30ish fastish lens for my D80, but the Sigma 30 1.4 is a bit too expensive for me to just grab spontaneously... allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phineas_tarbolde1 Posted August 18, 2007 Author Share Posted August 18, 2007 I going to give Nikon the benefit of the doubt when they say the problem has been solved. I purchased one recently and so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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