Nikon AF-S DX Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G Close-up Lens for Nikon DSLR
Cameras | 40mm f/2.8 lens with SWM motor and 1:1 magnification for macro, portraits and landscapes
at Amazon· sold by FastGoodCamera(No duties for U.S. buyers)used
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Today’s lowest price, $164.00, is for a used unit, sold by FastGoodCamera(No duties for U.S. buyers). Our record and its verdicts are of new units, and we have recorded none yet.
Every change we recorded
Every row is a price we saw change. We write one only when a price actually moves, so a gap here means the price held.
| When | Retailer | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| · 1d ago | Amazonused | $164.00 | −$1.00 |
| · 2d ago | Amazonused | $165.00 | −$1.99 |
| · 3d ago | Amazonused | $166.99 | −$1.01 |
| · 5d ago | Amazonused | $168.00 | −$1.99 |
| · 10d ago | Amazonused | $169.99 | +$8.00 |
| · 10d ago | Amazonused | $161.99 | −$3.01 |
| · 12d ago | Amazonused | $165.00 | −$4.99 |
| · 13d ago | Amazonused | $169.99 | first seen |
Price history
Tracking since November 2, 2026 · 0 of 7 days to a verdict
We do not draw a chart under 7 days of record. Over a handful of days every product is trivially at its lowest recorded price, and a chart that says so is worse than no chart.
| Price | Now | Lowest | Highest | Usual | Average | Days recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used | — | $161.99 on Oct 23 | $169.99 on Oct 20 | — | $167.57 | 14 |
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Sales events
Next on the calendar: Black Friday, likely November 19–30. We keep checking this price through it and report here what it did.
Waiting for a sale? How often prices for camera lenses move, and how far they swing, beside every other category we track.
Has Nikon AF-S DX Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G Close-up Lens dropped in price?
- Yes: $5.99 less than the $169.99 Amazon was charging on October 23, 2026.
- Not once below its usual $168.00 in the 14 days we have watched it here.
Computed from our own checks at Amazon as of November 2, 2026. No line here uses a price a retailer told us about.
Where to buy
- Held for
- 1d
- Checked
- 3h ago
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What it is
7 attributes, in the retailer’s own words. We record the prices; these we only pass on.
- Size
- 4.40
- Color
- Black
- Weight
- 0.52 pounds
- Dimensions
- 2.72 × 2.72 × 2.56 inches
- Model
- NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G AF-S DX Micro - 2200
- Released
- June 2012
- Warranty
- 1 Year Limited Warranty
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