Back in the film SLR days, Nikon tended to make lines of lenses with common filter sizes, reducing the number of filter sizes you needed to deal with. With the Z-mount, unfortunately, Nikon has proliferated and scattered filter sizes.
- 46mm
- 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR DX
- 24mm f/1.7 DX
- 50mm f/2.8 MC
- 46mm drop-in
- 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
- 600mm f/4 TC VR S
- 800mm f/6.3 PF VR S
- 52mm
- 24-50mm f/4-6.3
- 26mm f/2.8
- 28mm f/2.8
- 40mm f/2
- 62mm
- 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 VR DX
- 35mm f/1.8 S
- 50mm f/1.8 S
- 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR DX
- 105mm f/2.8 VR S MC
- 67mm
- 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR DX
- 17-28mm f/2.8
- 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR
- 28-75mm f/2.8
- 70-180mm f/2.8
- 85mm f/1.8 S
- 72mm
- 24mm f/1.8 S
- 24-70mm f/4 S
- 77mm
- 20mm f/1.8 S
- 24-120mm f/4 S
- 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
- 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S
- 82mm
- 14-30mm f/4 S
- 24-70mm f/2.8 S
- 50mm f/1.2
- 58mm f/0.95 NOCT S
- 85mm f/1.2 S
- 135mm f/1.8 Plena
- 95mm
- 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR
- 400mm f/4.5 VR S
- 600mm f/6.3 PF VR S
- 112mm
- 14-24mm f/2.8 S
Is there a way to deal with this huge array of filter needs? Sort of: use step-up rings. Buy filter sets at 52mm, 67mm, 77mm, and 95mm, and then add 46-to-52mm, 62-to-67mm, 72-to-77mm, and 82-to-95mm step-up rings. The problem with this approach is that it means that lens hoods don't fit on lenses where you're using the step up ring.
One reader pointed out that the lens hood that supports 112mm filters for the 14-24mm f/2.8 S can be used on the 14-30mm f/4 S, 24-70mm f/2.8 S, and even 70-200mm f/2.8 S (there may be others). Thus, you could standardize on 112mm filters (!) and swap the hood around.
The Tamron autofocus Z-mount lenses so far use two filter sizes:
- 67mm
- 28-75mm f/2.8
- 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3
- 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3
- 90mm f/2.8 Macro
- 82mm
- 35-150mm f/2-2.8
- 150-500mm f/5-6.7
