NIKON F Mount

The lens-database.com catalog contains 2565 NIKON F lenses on the NIKON F mount, indexed across 29 distinct manufacturers. Each entry is cross-referenced by focal length, maximum aperture, year of introduction, and source attribution. Records cover multiple optical generations. This page enumerates the 50 most notable NIKON F lenses for this mount ranked by maximum aperture, with full per-lens detail one click away.

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Page last verified 2026-06-11. Maintained by Jaime Ferrando Huertas. Source attribution per lens is shown on each individual detail page.

What is the NIKON F mount?

NIKON F is a lens mount system indexed by lens-database.com, with 2565 compatible lenses on record from 29 different manufacturers. Mount records are cross-referenced with focal length, aperture, and release year.

How many lenses are available for the NIKON F mount?

Lens-database.com indexes 2565 lenses for the NIKON F mount as of 2026-06-11. The catalog updates continuously and includes both first- and third-party optics.

Which manufacturers make NIKON F lenses?

29 manufacturers are catalogued for the NIKON F mount, including 7artisans, Angénieux, Carl, Carl Zeiss, Coastal, Cosina, GRANIT, Helios, and others.

Top 50 NIKON F mount lenses (by aperture)

LensMountFocal lengthMax apertureYear
Nikon Repro-Nikkor 85mm F/1NIKON F85mmf/1
Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 55mm F/1.2 SL II SNIKON F55mmf/1.22023
DZOptics Kerlee 35mm F/1.2NIKON F35mmf/1.2
MC Volna-8 50mm F/1.2NIKON F50mmf/1.2
Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 85mm F/1.2NIKON F85mmf/1.2
Nikon AI Nikkor 50mm F/1.2NIKON F50mmf/1.21978
Nikon AI Nikkor 55mm F/1.2NIKON F55mmf/1.21977
Nikon AI Noct-Nikkor 58mm F/1.2NIKON F58mmf/1.21977
Nikon AI-S Nikkor 50mm F/1.2NIKON F50mmf/1.21981
Nikon AI-S Noct-Nikkor 58mm F/1.2NIKON F58mmf/1.21981
Nikon Nikkor 55mm F/1.2NIKON F55mmf/1.21974
Nikon Nikkor 55mm F/1.2 non-AiNIKON F55mmf/1.2
Nikon Nikkor-S ·C Auto 55mm F/1.2NIKON F55mmf/1.21967
Nikon Nikkor-S 55mm F/1.2NIKON F55mmf/1.21965
Nikon Nikkor-S 55mm F/1.2 non-AiNIKON F55mmf/1.2
Nikon Nikkor-S Auto 55mm F/1.2NIKON F55mmf/1.21965
Nikon Nikkor-S·C 55mm F/1.2NIKON F55mmf/1.21972
Nippon Kogaku / Nikon NIKKOR-S Auto 55mm F/1.2NIKON F55mmf/1.21967
Nippon Kogaku NIKKOR-S Auto 55mm F/1.2NIKON F55mmf/1.21965
Voigtlander Nokton 55mm F/1.2 SL IIsNIKON F55mmf/1.2
Zenitar 50mm F/1.2 SNIKON F50mmf/1.2
ZhongYi Optics Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm F/1.2 NanNIKON F85mmf/1.2
ARSAT-H 50mm F/1.4NIKON F50mmf/1.4
Bell+Howell 85mm F/1.4 ASPH IFNIKON F85mmf/1.4
Bower 24mm F/1.4NIKON F24mmf/1.4
Bower 85mm F/1.4 ASPH IFNIKON F85mmf/1.4
Carl Zeiss Classic DISTAGON T* 35mm F/1.4NIKON F35mmf/1.42010
Carl Zeiss Classic Distagon T* 35mm F/1.4 ZE / ZF/ZF.2NIKON F35mmf/1.4
Carl Zeiss Classic Planar 50mm F/1.4 ZF-IRNIKON F50mmf/1.4
Carl Zeiss Classic Planar 85mm F/1.4 ZF-IRNIKON F85mmf/1.4
Carl Zeiss Classic PLANAR T* 50mm F/1.4NIKON F50mmf/1.42006
Carl Zeiss Classic Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 ZE / ZF.2 / ZK / ZSNIKON F50mmf/1.4
Carl Zeiss Classic PLANAR T* 85mm F/1.4NIKON F85mmf/1.42006
Carl Zeiss Classic Planar T* 85mm F/1.4 ZE / ZF/ZF.2 / ZKNIKON F85mmf/1.4
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm F/1.4 ZNIKON F35mmf/1.4
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 ZNIKON F50mmf/1.4
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm F/1.4 ZNIKON F85mmf/1.4
Cosina Tokyo Kogaku Auto-Topcor 58mm F/1.4NIKON F58mmf/1.4
Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F/1.4 SL IINIKON F58mmf/1.42007
Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F/1.4 SL II NNIKON F58mmf/1.42012
Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 58mm F/1.4 SL II SNIKON F58mmf/1.42016
Helios-123N 50mm F/1.4 МСNIKON F50mmf/1.4
Irix 21mm F/1.4 DragonflyNIKON F21mmf/1.4
Irix 30mm F/1.4 DragonflyNIKON F30mmf/1.4
Irix 45mm F/1.4NIKON F45mmf/1.4
Irix 45mm F/1.4 DragonflyNIKON F45mmf/1.4
Komura 85mm F/1.4NIKON F85mmf/1.4
MC Volna-4 50mm F/1.4NIKON F50mmf/1.4
Nikkor AF-S 105mm F/1.4E EDNIKON F105mmf/1.4
Nikkor AF-S 24mm F/1.4G EDNIKON F24mmf/1.4