Nikkor Z 40mm f/2

[richardHaw]

it's here

[Netr]

Light, but not an S lens.  https://photographylife.com/news/nikon-z-40mm-f-2-announcement

[Chip Chipowski]

This is a lens that tempts me toward the Z system.  My 35mm f/2D is one of my favorites and this new 40mm also has a nice low MFD.  And it has low element count + Nikon even talks 3D in the promo materials!

[Jan Anne]

Awesome, might be my first Zee lens as I like small 40mmish f/2 lenses like the Carl Zeiss 2/45 Planar Contax G and Leica Summicron-C 2/40 discussed here:
https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=711.0

Also like its a simple design so the images should not be too over corrected and have some character to play with, boke looks butter smooth in the sample images which is of course a must.

[Fons Baerken]

Plastic mount

[Birna Rørslett]

... and very light weight.

[Akira]

Plastic mount

Plastic, fantastic. 

[Fons Baerken]

Once mounted leave it on

[Nasos Kosmas]

Once mounted leave it on

Superglue it

[MEPER]

The plastic may be "brittle" after 50 years?
May depend on which type of plastic......but we should probably not expect theses lenses to be working in +100 years.
I have working lenses that are +100 years old......but I did not get them from new.

[F2F3F6]

Optically very different from the Voigtländer 2/40 Ultron SL/SLII (Planar / double Gauss) or the Nikon 2,8/45 P or GN (Tessars)...

Why not a metal mount ? To cut costs ? Should'nt cost much more...

Next compact pancake after 2/40 and 2,8/28 ? A little tele/portrait lens (a new 2,5/105 or 2,8/100 E in Z mount ?)

[Hugh_3170]

At the rate Chinese manufacturers are building new stuff of acceptable quality, it should not surprise me if a metal aftermarket mount doesn't show up sooner or later.

Yes a new 105mm f/2.5 would be exciting. Sadly don't see it on the Z lens roadmap just yet.  Lets hope!

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Why not a metal mount ? To cut costs ? Should'nt cost much more...

Next compact pancake after 2/40 and 2,8/28 ? A little tele/portrait lens (a new 2,5/105 or 2,8/100 E in Z mount ?)

[Jack Dahlgren]

The plastic may be "brittle" after 50 years?
May depend on which type of plastic......but we should probably not expect theses lenses to be working in +100 years.
I have working lenses that are +100 years old......but I did not get them from new.

Not sure I'll be any less brittle after 50 more years. I'll be lucky with 30 more. I certainly won't make 100 more.

[Akira]

Once mounted leave it on

Maybe I can live with that.   

Superglue it

Recently, I prefer UV cure resin, for the weather seal around the mount. 

[Akira]

Optically very different from the Voigtländer 2/40 Ultron SL/SLII (Planar / double Gauss) or the Nikon 2,8/45 P or GN (Tessars)...

The back focus is significantly shorter than the focal length on the Z mount.  Also, it would be safe to assume that the correction for distortion and chromatic aberration is taken care of the software, which should enable a simpler design.