Lens mounts · Nikon F · Discontinued
Nikon F mount: cameras, lenses & what adapts
Nikon's DSLR mount since 1959, with decades of AF and manual glass that carries over to Z bodies through the FTZ adapter.
Full frame imaging circle· 46.50mm flange distance· SLR / DSLR, since 1959
Cameras on Nikon F
Every body in the catalogue that takes Nikon F lenses, newest first. Prices are the best new price from a UK retailer we track.
Discontinued lens system. Nikon F lenses are no longer made new. Bodies and lenses still work and are still sold, but the range will not grow.
Lens range
76 Nikon F lenses in the catalogue. Native means made by a company that also makes Nikon F bodies; third-party is everyone else.
Best Nikon F lenses by genre
Top three per genre from the lens engine, scored on this lens's own format. The same scores you see on each lens page; Gear Builder re-scores them for the exact body you pick.
Flange distance & adapting
A plain adapter is a spacer: it can only add distance between lens and sensor. Glass from a mount with a longer flange distance adapts cleanly onto Nikon F; glass from a shorter one needs corrective optics.
- Type
- SLR / DSLR
- Coverage
- Full frame
- Crop factor
- 1.00×
- Maker
- Nikon
- Introduced
- 1959
Lenses you can put on a Nikon F body
6 other mounts adapt onto Nikon F without corrective glass. Focus and framing only; autofocus and aperture control depend on the adapter.
Adapters we list for Nikon F bodies
- Urth Canon FD Lens Mount to Nikon F Camera Mount (with Optical Glass) Canon FD lenses · manual
- Urth Contax/Yashica (C/Y) Lens Mount to Nikon F Camera Mount (with Optical Glass) Contax/Yashica lenses · manual
- Urth M42 Lens Mount to Nikon F Camera Mount (with Optical Glass) M42 lenses · manual
- Urth Pentax K Lens Mount to Nikon F Camera Mount (with Optical Glass) Pentax K lenses · manual
Where Nikon F lenses can go
Current camera mounts that accept Nikon F glass: 9 with a plain or thin adapter.
How deep is the Nikon F lens range?
The lens-ecosystem scores Camera Match uses when it ranks Nikon F bodies for wildlife, sports, portrait, macro, food, architecture and astro. Scored 0–10 from the native lenses buyable new, with the reasoning shown.
AF-S 200-500 f/5.6E VR still listed by Nikon and in stock at retailers (~£1,349), Sigma 150-600 Contemporary F (~£949), Tamron 150-600 G2 F; the long primes (500 PF, 600 f/4E) are used-only now. Source ↗
AF-S 85 f/1.8G and 85 f/1.4G, AF-S 105 f/1.4E, Sigma 85 f/1.4 Art and 135 f/1.8 Art in F — most still shipping; no new designs since 2016. Source ↗
AF-S 60 f/2.8G Micro (1:1) and AF-S 105 f/2.8G VR Micro (1:1) still listed, Sigma 105 Macro F, Tamron 90 F, Laowa 100 2× F; several are dwindling stock. Source ↗
AF-S 14-24 f/2.8G, Sigma 12-24 f/4 Art F, Laowa 15 f/4.5 Shift and 20 f/4 Shift in F, Irix 11 f/4; Nikon's PC 19 f/4E is discontinued (special order/grey only) and PC-E 24 is used-only. Source ↗
AF-S 14-24 f/2.8G, AF-S 20 f/1.8G, Sigma 14 f/1.8 Art F, Sigma 20 f/1.4 Art F, Samyang 14 f/2.8 F — all still buyable new. Source ↗
Batteries, cards & filters for Nikon F
The battery models and card types Nikon F bodies use, and the most common filter threads on Nikon F lenses. Each links to the cameras or lenses that share it and what to buy.
Next step
Lens counts and picks come from the catalogue and the lens engine, so they change as lenses are added. Ecosystem scores are researched per mount with a source and feed Camera Match's lens-range feature. How scoring works · All mounts