Photographers rejoice! Nikon is back at it with their newly announced high-end NIKKOR S Line of lenses the S Plena Medium Telephoto lens. The Nikon NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Medium Telephoto Lens, Z-Mount is a telephoto lens which also is utilized as a prime portrait lens. Nikon’s S-Line of lenses are thoroughly and rigorously tested to ensure build and performance quality. These lenses made of the highest quality are made for the patented Z-Mount system from Nikon. The lens can be mounted on cameras from other manufacturers besides Nikon, such as Canon, Sigma and Sony, however a FTZ or other mounting adapter would be required.
This lens is differs from other lenses found in Nikon’s Nikkor Z lineup as this is their higher end S-Line of lenses. Nikon which has been known for pairing great lenses and cameras, make this new Plena lens makes for a wonderful addition to a Nikon Z camera like the also newly released mirrorless Nikon ZF. Since this is also a prime lens besides for being a telephoto lens, it should serve all of your needs on your camera.
This lens was designed to push your artistry to new levels. As a dedicated content creator or a Vlogger, you will want your images and videos to accurately capture your artistic goals. This will help you if you are uploading content to a social media site, as your content will shine through with extreme accuracy, color vibrancy and sharpness. Once done, you can rest assured that your channel subscriber base will be impressed, and hopefully new subscribers will be attracted to your content.
As this is a Prime lens, the length and weight are not what you would expect from a lens with a focal length of 135mm. You won’t have to deal with the extra bulk of lenses found in this focal length.
As a bonus to your creative content, if you are a landscape photographer, the Nikon Plena lens will have those city skylines and nature shots popping with gorgeous image capturing. This is a must have lens for professionals and even hobbyists alike.
While the new Plena lens sits in Nikon’s top of the line S-lens lineup, while being a prime lens built for professionals, even photography newbies or hobbyists will find the specs and features contained within the lens to be too good to pass up. So, if you are getting started with your Vlogging business or a seasoned expert. The Nikon Plena S-Series lens is just too good to pass up.
Unparalleled craftsmanship on the new S-Line Plena prime lens is something to behold. The outer detailing puts the perfect finishing touches on the inner features of the lens. With cursive engravement of the name Plena on the lens to the brass dials which are made of the highest quality, by going through intensive R&D and ensuring that the final production of this S-Line lens will be a fantastic choice as a prime lens with great telephoto capabilities. The Nikon S-Plena is firmly entrenched in the mid $2,000.00 range making it a top tier prime lens.
Benefits of this Lens
Let’s review and delve deeper into some of the amazing specs and features, making the Nikon NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Medium Telephoto Lens a great prime and telephoto lens choice. As we previously mentioned couple the Plena lens with a Nikon camera such as the newly released Nikon ZF and you are off and running.
There is an unbelievable new groundbreaking peripheral illumination which is a highlighted feature on this new Plena lens. The NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena’s intuitive design allows for even more light to reach the edges and corners the aperture range of your exposure. This will allow for a uniform image with brightness equal across the entirety of your exposure. Allowing your creative content and artistry to shine through due to the fine sharp edges.
Try shooting in a Wide Open setting without worrying about vignetting. Due to the amount of light reaching the edges and corners of your display and exposure, you won’t have to set your camera a stop down on the aperture settings to prevent vignetting. It’s already a native automatic feature built into the Plena. Depth-of-field when shooting wide open should produce a great background, which helps create separation between foreground, background and subject. Bokeh effect can be placed during these types of shooting sessions as set by the camera user.
As Nikon lenses are mounted on the versatile and patented Nikon Z Mount system. This makes the extra-wide diameter of the mount to allow for a larger curved rear element that spreads the light source evenly, when the camera contains a full-frame image sensor. Please note; if you want to mount this lens on a camera from another manufacturer, you will need an adapter to do so.
Whenever we are talking about a lens, we talk about Bokeh effect which is extremely important especially in Portrait Photography. The Nikon S-Line Plena as a telephoto prime lens produces exposures with a gorgeous background Bokeh effect. Many clients of portrait photography and photographers in general will love the Bokeh on the Plena lens, as it will focus in on your subject or object while leaving a nice blurred our background. The large, round bokeh effect can spread across the entire exposure frame, if the user so desires. An 11-rounded-blade aperture gives the bokeh its beautiful near-circular shape even at its maximum aperture setting of f/1.8.
The Nikon Plena will provide vibrant color and sharp edges with the advanced SR and ED glass lens elements produce bokeh free of onion rings and color fringing.
Smooth gradation helps sharp details with noise reduction on your exposure, leaving a beautifully rendered exposure that fills the entire focal plane.
Combine the soft shallow depth of field with jaw dropping high resolution. Skin and hair textures are rendered with a lifelike appearance with no chromatic aberrations.
Point light which it completely on point. When shooting bright city night lights and stars or the night sky, images are captured fantastically across the entire frame of your exposure. Thus ensuring that the level of clarity on nighttime shooting is top of the line.
Protecting your new Plena lens is extremely important to the longevity of the lens. The Plena S-Line has Nikon’s newest anti-reflective coatings; the Meso Amorphous Coat and ARNEO Coat which are combined to combat even the harshest lighting conditions when the harsh light may be coming from multiple directions and eliminating flare. With premium weather sealing protecting against dust and moisture, you will feel more at ease using this lens even in harsh climates.
The autofocus system which Nikon refers to as the Multi-Focus System is virtually silent. The autofocus system found in the Nikon Plena uses dual STM stepping motors moving together in unison, especially when shooting wide open. With this near silent autofocus system so you can track subjects such as wildlife with virtually no noise from the lens, so your subject (if it is an animal) shouldn’t be frightened away and you will be able to capture your intended image.
So ergonomic is the Nikon Plena S-Line lens, that you will hardly notice it when using for long sessions or travelling. With a weight of approximately 995g, this lens brings smooth ultra quiet handling and a deep richness to your still images and video recordings (even in 8k). An added dedicated camera and lens case or backpack will assist you in carrying around the lens.
The Plena lens contains a manual focus ring which can be set to either rotation, liner or non linear. There is also an assignable FN Button to set your camera functions. This placed for ease of use and accessibility whether you are shooting vertically or horizontally.
With it’s smooth clickless control ring which can be assigned by the camera user to control such settings as aperture, ISO, exposure compensation and more, it has never been easier to use such an advanced lens. So don’t be afraid of shooting in manual mode for additional user control settings.
Availability
The Nikkor S-Line Plena was announced in the end of September for pre-order with a release set in October. It is now available for purchase and shipping. You may not find a better lens priced this fairly.
The lens comes packed with the LC-82B lens hood, lens cap and the CL-C2 lens case. The lens hood snaps into place easily and is extremely sturdy.
Final Thoughts
To summarize the benefits of the new Nikon Pena S-Line lens, imagine you are a content creator or Vlogger and want your images and artistry pushed to the next level, then the NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena, is the lens for you. With truly beautiful edge to edge clarity and vibrancy, an ethereal like circular bokeh, a great telephoto focal length your images and videos should garner quite a bit of additional subscribers to your social media site of choice. Besides for wowing your friends, family and even co-workers with it’s high-end image quality. With focal length used for portraits, still life, cinema and landscapes, an outer shell designed with the utmost craftsmanship and performance in mind. Versatile, ergonomic, and top of the line, this is the S Plena Lens. Time to pick one up!
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