Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ Lens

The Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ Lens is a highly versatile lens that provides excellent capabilities for both photographers and videographers who use Nikon's Z-mount system. This lens is especially suitable for everything from wide-angle landscapes to mid-range telephoto shots. Designed for Nikon's full-frame Z-mount cameras, this lens delivers outstanding image quality across its full range, but can also be used with APS-C models where it will have a 42-202.5mm equivalent focal length. With a constant f/4 maximum aperture, the lens maintains consistent exposure settings across the entire zoom range. This aperture is ideal for a wide range of lighting conditions, providing good low-light performance without the bulk typically associated with faster lenses. Its 28-135mm focal length covers a broad range from wide-angle to telephoto, reducing the need for frequent lens changes and making it ideal for travel, event, and general photography. It features a power zoom mechanism that facilitates smooth and precise zooming, particularly advantageous for video recording where gradual zoom movements are necessary. The lens incorporates a stepping motor that delivers fast, quiet, and precise autofocus performance, which is beneficial both during still photography and video recording.

The power zoom functionality enhances video production with smooth and quiet zoom transitions, and can be controlled directly from compatible cameras or remotely, which is handy in gimbal or tripod use. A programmable control ring and L-Fn buttons allow customization of the lens control ring and buttons for immediate access to camera settings such as aperture and exposure compensation, further enhancing shooting efficiency and ergonomic handling. Meso amorphous coating reduces flare and ghosting to improve image clarity, contrast, and color fidelity even in challenging lighting conditions. The lens length does not change while zooming, maintaining balance and making it easier to use with gimbals and rigs. A relatively short minimum focusing distance of 34 to 57cm enhances the lens's versatility in producing both wide landscape images and detailed close-ups. A rotatable tripod collar provides stability and balance when shooting from a tripod, which is particularly useful for long exposure photography or for making precise adjustments in composition. A specially designed lens hood reduces lens flare and ghosting. Its rectangular shape and filter window allow for easy adjustment of filters without needing to remove the hood.

Product Features in Detail

Your most-used focal lengths in one lens.
Multiple essential focal lengths, with a customizable power zoom control and exceptionally well-balanced construction. Discover the NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ—a full-frame power zoom lens that offers maximum versatility for corporate videos, documentaries, live events, weddings and more.

Cinematic NIKKOR quality.
For almost a century, professional cinematographers have used Nikon lenses to bring their creative visions to life. The NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ builds on this legacy, providing exceptional versatility to the filmmakers of today.

Extended reach.
Prime lens quality with the flexibility of a wide-ranging zoom covering 28 to 135mm. In combination with the Hi-Res Zoom feature in compatible Nikon Z mirrorless cameras, the zoom range of the lens can be extended seamlessly up to 270mm (equivalent).1

Get closer.
Constant maximum aperture of f/4 and minimum focus distance of 13.4 in (0.34 m)2 allows for dynamic closeups with cinematic blurred backgrounds—ideal for product and commercial videos.

One-touch zoom.
Switch from a sweeping establishing shot to a powerful closeup in a snap with a customizable rocker-style zoom control. Quick punch-in or smooth, slow zoom—with 11 speed options3, the choice is yours.

Balanced design.
The internal zoom mechanism ensures that the physical length of the NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ lens stays constant during zooming, with only a tiny change to the center of gravity4—essential for mounting on gimbals, drones and robotic heads.

High-performance coatings
Nikon's proprietary Meso Amorphous Coat helps keep contrast high, while a fluorine coating on the front element repels dust and moisture.

Autofocus you can trust.
For on-the-run, documentary-style shooting where speed and convenience are key, the STM autofocus motor provides fast, reliable autofocus at every focal length.

Precise focus pulling.
Support for linear focus allows you to dial in the exact desired rotation of the focus or control ring for absolute precision. The large, ergonomically-textured focus ring makes precise manual focus adjustment easy, and knurled focus and zoom rings are directly compatible with follow-focus accessories.

Change focus, not framing.
Focus breathing is highly suppressed, so even during extreme focus pulls, your angle of view won't change.

Pull focus by touch.
Use the Save and Recall Focus feature in select Nikon Z mirrorless cameras5 to jump to a pre-programmed focus point in an instant, at the press of a button.

Easy Access to Filters
The HB-116 hood includes a cut-out notch for easy on-the-go adjustment of variable ND filters.

ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) Glass
An optical glass developed by Nikon that is used with normal optical glass in telephoto lenses to obtain optimum correction of chromatic aberrations.

Power Zoom
The power zoom* has been designed in pursuit of light and responsive operational feel. This function achieves smooth zooming at a constant speed and various options for zoom operation including via remote-control capabilities. That ensures comfortable photo shooting and video recording. *With some cameras, this function is supported only via firmware update.

Fluorine Coat
Photographers need gear that can withstand the elements. Nikon’s fluorine coat effectively repels dust, water droplets, grease or dirt, ensuring easy removal even when they adhere to the lens surface. Nikon’s fluorine coat endures a high frequency of lens surface wiping and its anti-reflective effect also contributes to the capture of clear images.

Meso Amorphous Coat
Meso Amorphous Coat* realizes the highest anti-reflection performance in NIKKOR history. Meso Amorphous Coat provides an effect superior to that of Nano Crystal Coat for diagonal incident light, and an effect equivalent or superior to ARNEO Coat for vertical incident light. With its superb performance, ghost and flare caused by incident light from various directions are noticeably reduced, delivering clear images even under harsh conditions.  *With this coating system, amorphous particles, that are even smaller than nano particles, are utilized to create even more gaps within the coating to form an ultra-fine mesoporous structure, attaining a lower refractive index. In addition, a higher-precision base coat is employed to further enhance the anti-reflection effect.

Aspherical Lens
A lens with a curved, non-spherical surface. Used to reduce aberrations and enable a more compact lens size. Aspherical lenses minimize coma and other types of lens aberrations, even when used at the widest aperture. They are particularly useful in correcting distortion in wide-angle lenses and help contribute to a lighter, more compact design by reducing the number of standard (spherical) elements necessary. Aspherical lens elements correct these distortions by continuously changing the refractive index from the center of the lens.

Aspherical – Extra-low Dispersion Glass Elements
An ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass element that features the characteristics of an Aspheric glass element for a more compact size lens. Like Aspherical lenses, AS-ED lens elements minimize coma and other types of lens aberrations, even when used at the widest aperture by continuously changing the refractive index from the center of the lens. The AS-ED lens elements are optical glass developed by Nikon to obtain optimum correction of chromatic aberrations.

Stepping Motor
NIKKOR Z lenses use a stepping motor for fast, accurate, smooth, quiet autofocus with reduced wobbling. This quiet drive system makes the lenses ideal for use when shooting video.

A/M
A/M stands for Auto-Priority Manual Mode. This mode also enables an easy transition from autofocus to manual during AF operation. However, mode switch sensitivity has been altered to reduce the possibility of sudden unintentional switching to manual focus while shooting.

IF Lens
A NIKKOR lens in which only the internal lens group shifts during focusing. Thus, IF NIKKORS do not change in size during AF operation, allowing for compact, lightweight lenses capable of closer focusing distances. These lenses will be designated with the abbreviation IF on the lens barrel.

Electromagnetic Diaphragm Mechanism
An electromagnetic diaphragm mechanism in the lens barrel provides highly accurate electronic diaphragm or aperture blade control when using auto exposure during continuous shooting.

*1 When capturing 4K output with the Z8 and Z9.
*2 Minimum focus distance of 13.4 in (0.34 m) is achieved between 28–50mm.
*3 Supported by Z9, Z8 and Z6III.
*4 Maximum center of gravity shift between 28mm and 135mm is approx. 2mm.
*5 With compatible Nikon Z series cameras. See user manual for details.