What filter size does the Nikon NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 take?

The Nikon NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 takes 52mm screw-in filters — its front filter thread is 52mm. Any standard 52mm UV, polarizer or ND filter screws straight on.

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Nikon Z lenses that share the 52mm thread

Buy one good set of 52mm filters and it also fits:

• Nikon NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8 — 26mm f/2.8
• Nikon NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 — 28mm f/2.8
• Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4 — 23mm f/1.4
• Viltrox AF 33mm f/1.4 — 33mm f/1.4
• Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.4 — 56mm f/1.4

Screw-in filters are mount-agnostic — 4 verified lenses on other mounts also take 52mm: see every 52mm lens.

A step-up ring also lets a 52mm lens use one size-larger filters, which is how many photographers standardize a single filter set across lenses.

All 52mm lenses: the 52mm hub · every covered lens: filter sizes index · this lens on Amazon: Nikon NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2

Thread sizes verified 2026-08-28 against community-maintained per-mount lens specification tables (compiled from the manufacturers' own spec sheets), matched brand-strictly to our lens index. Lenses whose thread we could not uniquely verify are left out rather than guessed — coverage grows as verified data lands.