List of FX lenses for Nikon F mount

Regarding Nikon lenses, I first talked about DX lenses from Nikon, the ones suited to the APS-C DSLR format of the brand (F mount). I am continuing the work done so far on this blog and on this section of the camera lenses listings by talking to you here about Nikon FX lenses, that is to say lenses dedicated and built for Nikon full frame DSLR cameras. Of course, all lenses on this page fit on any Nikon APS-C cameras.

As a historical reminder, the FX and DX formats are part of the Nikon F-mount, first introduced in the Nikon F camera, in 1959. If you own a full frame camera, it would be better to choose lenses from this page. If you have a Nikon APS-C camera, nothing will prevent you (as mentioned above) to use FX lenses on a DX camera. They will however be generally more expensive, heavier and bigger. Be careful not to mix everything up and not to believe everything you read. A focal length never changes, it is the angle of view given by the format of the different sensors (DX and FX) which will result in a different effective focal length. A 50mm lens (DX or FX) mounted on a DX camera will always give an equivalent focal length of a 75mm on full format (50mm x 1.5 crop factor), while a 50mm FX lens mounted on an FX camera will simply give a 50mm.

By the way, if you are still hesitating about which brand to choose for your future equipment, you can check out our page listing all Canon EF lenses, designed for Canon full frame cameras.

You can sort the tables below on the page according to the characteristics you want (focal length, max aperture, filter size, etc.).

Finding all the lenses available for the FX format from Nikon required a lot of work. Here is the result of our work, in the tables below. We will complete afterward with our personal opinions and advice on some of these lenses.

Nikon offers a very large number of lenses for the FX mount. The choice is wider than for DX format (APS-C) lenses. As always, I’ve broken down the lenses for full frame Nikon DSLR cameras as follows:

1. Wide-angle (WA) and ultra-wide-angle (UWA) lenses: focal lengths under 20mm (UWA) and from 20mm to 35mm (WA),
2. Standard focal length lenses: for focal lengths from 35mm to 75mm,
3. Telephoto lenses: for focal lengths beyond 75mm,
4. Macro lenses: for macro photography.

For all the very wide views lovers, whether it’s landscape photography, architecture or cool fisheye effects, Nikon offers a great range of wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle lenses. For your information, the lenses rated “AF-S” are the newest ones, compared to the lenses rated “AF”.

If you are interested in this kind of lenses, I have written a complete page listing the best Nikon wide-angle lenses, both for DSLR and mirrorless cameras (for all sensor types, APS-C or full frame). You will find there all the lenses mentioned in the table above more in detail, as well as other alternatives.

Concerning standard lenses, I wanted to gather the classic full frame zoom lenses such as 24-70mm together with the transtandard zooms (type 24-120mm and 28-300mm). Finally, I also include in this section all the fixed lenses offering a standard angle of view, globally from 35 to 60mm.

For Nikon full frame cameras (FX), there is also a very large number of telephoto lenses. There are the classic 70-200mm (f/2.8, or f/4 depending on your budget and your needs), the fixed focal lengths like 85mm, 105mm, 135mm or 200mm, and finally some super telephoto lenses like 200-400mm, 200-500mm as well as a whole series of very long fixed focal lengths, almost unaffordable (like the 500, 600 and 800mm).

I have only listed here the recent macro lenses from Nikon. There are older ones which are hard to find now, like the Nikon AF 200mm F/4D IF-ED Micro or the Nikon AF 60mm F/2.8D Micro.

The Nikon F mount being very old, numerous brands decided to start building lenses dedicated to the full frame cameras of the brand. There are some brands offering lenses with autofocus like Sigma, Tamron or Tokina, and many other only offering manual focus lenses. This point is specified in the tables below.

Sigma is one of the brands offering a lot of lenses dedicated to Nikon’s FX cameras. I voluntarily divided all the lenses of the brand in three categories: wide-angles, standard focal lengths and telephoto lenses. Please note that I have sorted all these lenses out in order to only propose here the “most recent” ones. The “Art” range is the top of the range (the most recent) from Sigma. As a reminder, at Sigma, the acronym “OS” means that the lens is stabilized. The acronym “DG” reminds us that the lens is dedicated to full format DSLR cameras (not to be confused with the acronym “DG DN”, which is reserved for full frame mirrorless cameras).

Here are all the Sigma wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle lenses for Nikon FX cameras. Be careful and look at it carefully, because a majority of these lenses do not allow to use traditional screw filters.

Here are some Sigma standard lenses for Nikon FX cameras. The three fixed lenses with very large apertures (f/1.4) are noteworthy.

I have not included everything here either as there are too many, but here are the whole of the telephoto lenses from Sigma, designed for Nikon full frame cameras.

Here are all the Tamron lenses available for the FX mount from Nikon. The acronym “Di” reminds that the lens is intended for full format DSLR cameras (not to be confused with the acronym “Di II” for APS-C DSLR cameras, and “Di III” for mirrorless cameras). All the lenses mentioned below have an autofocus. The acronym VC points out that the lens has a stabilization.

Zeiss is one of the most famous brands offering a set of lenses for the FX mount of Nikon. Note that all these lenses are manual focus and do not have stabilization. The “ZF.2” sign indicates that the lens is intended for Nikon cameras. Unless I am mistaken, Zeiss only offers fixed focal lengths.

Laowa offers a set of non-stabilized and manual focus lenses. The brand gives us very nice alternatives for macro photography, with lenses that can go beyond the classic 1:1 ratio.

Tokina is one of the third-party brands offering lenses with autofocus. I have only included the “most recent” lenses in the table below.

Samyang offers a range of manual focus lenses for Nikon FX bodies. More recently (2018 and 2020), the brand now makes available two lenses with autofocus for this mount: the Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 F and the Samyang MF 85mm f/1.4 MK2. Worth noting that these two lenses also exist with manual focus (released in 2020).

Yongnuo is a Chinese brand offering a set of cheap lenses, mostly with autofocus, for Canon EF and Nikon F (full frame) mounts. Worth noting that the recent 35mm f/1.4 from the brand is currently only available in Canon EF mount (I mentioned it here anyway).

I hope that this list will be useful and will help you choosing your lenses! I will of course update it as new ones are released. Don’t hesitate to tell us if you see any omission, mistake or typo, it happens, we are only human! If you want to go further, I invite you to read our article describing the best Nikon lenses for portrait photography.

Sylvain