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Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens
Product Code: 3242100P
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The Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens is a premium FX full-frame mirrorless lens, which renders flawless bokeh with minimal vignetting and high-speed AF for creative stills photography and video recording.
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- Compact sub 1kg portable short telephoto prime lens with incredible optics for stunning subject separation
- Renders high resolution results and flawless rounded bokeh with minimal onion rings or cats eyes even in the corners
- Versatile lens for both stills and video which features fast AF and accepts 82mm lens filters when required
- 11-bladed aperture design, which includes an electromagnetic diaphragm mechanism for precise control over exposure changes
- Comprehensive weather sealing, fluorine coat and ghost and flare reduction thanks to Meso amorphous coating
Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens Summary
With cutting edge optics and a design which takes full advantage of the wide Z mount, the Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens is a premium full-frame prime lens for creative stills photography and video making. The 135mm telephoto focal width is ideal for portraits, nature, and commercial photography, as well as similar genres where you want to create striking subject separation and beautiful bokeh.
Nikon’s Plena lens features an 11-bladed circular diaphragm with a wide f/1.8 aperture, which renders flawless rounded bokeh and beautifully dramatic results at any aperture. Point light sources melt away with smooth defocus areas, which remain consistent right into the corners of the frame, enabling creators to concentrate on their artistry, while highlighting the subject.
Butterfly image captured with the Nikon Z8 and Plena lens. Camera settings: 1/50 sec. f/1.8. ISO 64
Vignetting and colour fringing are virtually non existent thanks to the optical formula employed in this mirrorless Z lens, consisting of 16 elements in 14 groups, including 4 ED, 1 aspherical and 1 SR element. Meso amorphous and ARNEO coatings have also been integrated for brilliant results in various lighting conditions.
Despite offering such high quality results on Nikon mirrorless cameras, the Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens weighs just 995g and accepts 82mm lens filters for greater control over the final results. This matches Nikon’s f/1.2 S-lenses from the range, such as the Z 50mm F/1.2 S and Z 85mm F/1.2 S, enabling you to share filters between optics. The joints, buttons and gasket are also extensively weather sealed, whilst a fluorine coating is applied to the external elements for cleaning and maintenance.
Key Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens Features
- Premium full-frame S-Line prime lens for mirrorless cameras
- Fast autofocus for stills and video
- Cutting edge-optical design includes 4 ED, 1 aspherical and 1 SR element
- Extremely high resolving power
- Renders flawless rounded bokeh with no onion-rings or cats eye
- Minimal colour fringing and vignetting
- 0.82m minimum focus distance with 0.2x magnification
- Accepts 82mm screw-in lens filters
- Extensively weather sealed
- Weighs under 1kg
Portrait captured with the Nikon Z8 and Plena lens. Camera settings: 1/125 sec. f/1.8. ISO 1600
Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens in More Detail
Flawless bokeh with exquisite rendering
Capture perfectly rounded bokeh even when shooting wide open at f/1.8 with the Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens, which features a wide f/1.8 11-bladed aperture design. This combination with special glass elements is able to render bokeh without cats eyes or onion rings, right into the corners of the frame.
Point light sources glisten as fine rounded points, before melting away with smoothly graduated bokeh, which remains consistently rounded into the corners of the frame. Whichever subjects you capture the Plena lens delivers the same stunning defocus results.
Cutting edge optical design
The cutting edge optical formula employed by Nikon for this telephoto prime lens includes 16 elements in 14 groups, with 4 ED, 1 aspherical and 1 SR element. These are responsible for rendering high image quality with well controlled artefacts and minimal colour fringing, enabling you to take advantage of the latest developments in optical technology for you work.
Various lens elements are also coated with Nikon’s latest optical coatings, which includes Meso amorphous and ARNEO anti-reflective coats to maintain contrast when shooting backlit subjects.
Striking subject separation
With its wide maximum aperture and medium telephoto focal width you can achieve brilliant subject separation within compressed images, unlike anything you’ve seen before. You don’t even need to stop the lens down to achieve high sharpness, detail and brightness.
Portable lens for stills and video creators
With a 995g weight and compact design measuring just 139.5mm long you can shoot handheld with ease when using Nikon’s Plena lens. This reaffirms its effectiveness for both stills and video and allows you to shoot without a tripod or camera gimbal as required.
Exposure control
An electromagnetic diaphragm ensures precise control over the aperture blades. This results in stable exposures during continuous shooting, while providing natural transitions when recording video.
Outdoor-ready
An extensive array of weather seals is used around the joints and buttons, as well as the rubber gasket on the lens mount. This helps to keep dirt, dust and moisture at bay, whilst the fluorine coating on the front element reduces the amount of debris for easy cleaning.
What’s more, the Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens features an 82mm front filter thread, ensuring filmmakers and photographers can add whichever filters are required for their craft, from variable and solid ND filters to CPLs and protective UV filters.
What’s in the box
- Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens for full-frame Nikon Z mount cameras
- LC-82B front lens cap
- LF-N1 rear lens cap
- HB-108 lens hood
- CL-C2 lens case
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| Best For Fashion and Portrait: Yes |
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Our Verdict
Nikon’s development of the mirrorless Z mount has resulted in a number of premium lenses, which provide the ultimate image quality, which can be achieved with the system. It’s this category into which the Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens falls, thanks to featuring a wide aperture and cutting edge optical design.
Nikon’s arrangement of special elements and coatings provide the opportunity to shoot with a premium telephoto prime lens, which renders both high resolution and exquisite results, with minimal vignetting or colour fringing.
You can also achieve perfectly clean, rounded bokeh balls without onion rings or cat-eye, even when shooting with the lens wide open at f/1.8, which delivers consistent results into the corners of the frame. You can achieve beautiful results with excellent subject separation and soft defocus areas when capturing nature images, portraits and product shots across a variety of lighting conditions.
It’s also a great choice for moviemaking thanks to Nikon’s electromagnetic diaphragm mechanism, which provides smooth exposure changes. Videographers also benefits from fast and precise AF, and the relatively lightweight design of under 1kg for handholding and run-and-gun applications.
If you want premium results combining exquisite bokeh, high resolution sharp detail and a unique focal width, the Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens is the most captivating lens you’ll ever need.
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Our used products are subject to wear and tear in comparison to brand new products. This also applies to accessories that are supplied with the camera including batteries which may have a lower optimum performance level/life expectancy.
- Like New – The equipment is in a condition as if you have just bought it from the manufacturer. The item is still considered to be ‘Like New’ even without the original packaging and accessories. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect working order. Lenses are optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Excellent – The equipment should be close to being ‘Like New’ but there may be some small cosmetic blemishes that lower its grade. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect excellent order.
- Cameras – Should have no marks on the LCD screen
- Lenses – Should have no marks on the elements and optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Very Good – The equipment may have some slight cosmetic wear to the paintwork and cosmetic blemishes with only light signs of use and the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – The LCD screen may have small signs of wear that does not affect its display
- Lenses – The mount of the lens will start to show signs of wear
- Good – The equipment is showing more obvious signs of cosmetic wear and blemishes, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen may have scratches or wear that is starting to affect the display.
- Lenses – May have slight dust inside that does not affect images. The mount shows signs of use.
- Well Used – The equipment will show significant signs of wear. The paintwork will be coming away in large areas exposing the metal work, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body.
- Lenses – The lens has dust inside that may affect images. The rubber zoom/focus ring is coming away from the barrel of the lens.
*All of our used items are listed with the accesories that are included. If they are not listed then they will not be supplied at eh epoint of purchase.
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This product has been thoroughly tested by our team of photographers and we are happy to give a 6 month warranty as a result. The number of tests depends on the individual product but we are confident in this product having tested all the major functions. Anything that isn’t as you would expect, we then make a note of and show this in the condition notes on the page.
So you can be confident you are buying a great piece of kit that’s been looked after by a fellow photographer and seen many extraordinary sights, tested by our team of photographers and now looking forward to being set free to capture more great images!
