Specifications
It has five elements in five groups, one big one of ED glass.
It has a nine-bladed diaphragm stopping down to f/32 (the AF version only goes to f/22).
It has a built-in telescoping hood and takes 72mm filters.
It is 3.1" (78mm) around and 5.4" (138mm) long. It weighs 28 oz (800g).
Close focus is 6 feet (1.8m).
Performance
It's sharp at f/2.8 and every other aperture. As all Nikkors, it has some light falloff wide open that mostly is gone at f/4 and is completely gone at f/5.6, on FX and film cameras.
It has no distortion.
