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Rent NowThe Albinar ADG 28mm f/2.8 is a manual-focus wide-angle prime lens built for Nikon F-mount 35mm film SLR cameras, offering photographers of the film era an affordable option with an added close-focusing macro capability. Albinar-branded lenses were commonly manufactured by outside optical suppliers and marketed as a budget-friendly alternative to first-party Nikkor lenses, with this same optical design also sold under the Albinar name across other mounts, including Minolta MD and Pentax K.
Optically, the lens offers a 28mm focal length with a maximum aperture of f/2.8, delivering a moderate wide-angle field of view on full-frame 35mm film along with a reasonably fast aperture for a wide-angle lens of its era, useful for landscapes, architecture, and handheld shooting in dimmer conditions. A close-focusing macro function, reaching a magnification ratio of approximately 1:4, extends the lens’s versatility beyond standard wide-angle shooting, allowing for closer working distances and detailed close-up work without needing a separate dedicated macro lens. The “ADG” designation refers to Albinar’s multi-coated optics, helping reduce flare and ghosting and improve contrast and color transmission compared to older single-coated lens designs.
As a fully manual lens, focus and aperture are both controlled directly on the lens barrel, with no autofocus or electronic communication with the camera body, consistent with the manual-focus Nikon F-mount SLR bodies it was designed to pair with. This lens is commonly found in the AI (automatic indexing) mount configuration, compatible with Nikon’s AI-coupled metering system.
Build quality reflects typical third-party construction standards of the era, generally a solid metal barrel and mount with a manual focus ring and click-stop aperture ring, and it accepts a 52mm filter thread. Because Albinar-branded lenses were often manufactured by different OEM partners across the brand’s history, specific details such as exact optical construction and precise magnification ratio can vary between production runs, so photographers evaluating a specific example should confirm these details against the lens in hand.
Key Features
– 28mm f/2.8 wide-angle prime lens for Nikon F-mount (AI)
– Close-focusing macro capability (approximately 1:4 magnification)
– Multi-coated (ADG) optics
– Fully manual focus and aperture control
– Metal barrel and mount construction typical of the era
– 52mm filter thread
– Compatible with Nikon AI-mount 35mm film SLR cameras
