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  | sent on 20 Febbraio 2021 Pros: Sharpness from f/2.0, dreamy pics wide open, size and weight, manual focus, "3D pop" Cons: Coma, modest sharpness and contrast wide open, distortion, vignetting wide open Opinion: Probably the most interesting "50" in the Nikon lineup. This lens is schizophrenic : dreamy wide open, very sharp from f/2. The rendering, when stopped down, seems to present this elusive "3D pop" effect. The AI (7 blade diaph) and AIS version (9 blades) are equivalent; I use the AI version more often, for some reason. The coatings are pretty good and the lens does not flare much, which is remarkable given its age. Barrel distortion is stronger than with other Nikkor fifties, but regular and easily corrected if need be. Vignetting is a bit annoying wide open ("clipped corner" effect). If you want low coma at wide apertures, get a Noct instead of this one. This is a low light lens rather than a night lens. The 50/1.2 AI happens to be my favourite for street shots (esp. demonstrations or similar events), where its relatively small size does not attract attention, and the "lively" rendering is very contributive. |
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 | sent on 18 Agosto 2025 Pros: Vintage lens that still knows its stuff. Excellent performance. Cons: I can't find any. Opinion: I have this lens inherited from my father's kit who used it with the Nikon FM film, of course. I mounted it on the Nikon D7100 (it makes it like a 75mm) and then on the D800 and I was amazed. Sharpness and softness of the images, this is what I thought as soon as I saw the results. In my opinion, you need to have a minimum of experience behind you to manage it properly. Very fun to use, a lens with which you work manually as in the old days and therefore makes you "think" about settings, light, times and diaphragm ... with the advantage that today with digital photography you see the results immediately. I myself put into practice what I had learned with analogue photography. In my backpack there is always a place for this wonder. |
 | sent on 28 Maggio 2025 Pros: Exceptional quality, sharpness, bokeh Cons: Not user-friendly Opinion: What if you've always driven a small car and they suddenly put you behind the wheel of a racing car? Here, the effect of using the 50 f/1.2 for the first time is the same... At the beginning you drive slowly and try to figure out how not to go off the road! But once you get the hang of it.... forget the bokeh of the other lenses, this one is unparalleled... the differences with the 1.4 model are mainly on sharpness, this one at f.1.8 is already perfect, the other one is not... it suffers a bit from flare but does not disturb the effects it gives on the blur. The focus of the digital cameras from one hand (on the D700 it is fine) and the difficulty of management is precisely on this aspect... Great colors and overall naturalness, good contrast.... in my opinion a step lower in optical quality than the Angenieux 35-70 but it is another world... However, it must be tried at least once to appreciate it.... after learning how to drive it! |
 | sent on 21 Febbraio 2021 Pros: Pastel color rendering, images that look like 3D, amazing blurry. Lightweight and compact like all CPU-free targetses. No flaws. Cons: It's not a lens for everyone. Opinion: After owning and using for decades the 50mmf2 AI and the micro 55mmf3.5 AI (which I still use), I embarked on the search for this jewel of technology. I found it used (semi new) in Japan via eBay. I've been using it for about three months, and I've been bewitched by it. Mounted on the Df allows you to wander the streets at dusk and steal wonderful photos. To take full advantage of its features, even better on the D800. I dare not think of the surrender on the D850 (I will borrow it from a dear friend). I've read the other reviews, and they say pretty much everything already. I also have the 85mmf1.4 AF D, and in some ways they are very similarly rendered optics. Too bad they stopped producing it. To those who are giving us a thought, I say: hurry because they will soon no longer be found. |
 | sent on 14 Settembre 2019 Pros: TA yield, mechanics, character, Bokeh Cons: TA focus, coma, backlit Opinion: If I were to venture the classic cliché comparison, I'd say it's a thoroughbred stallion. Difficult to "mount", nervous and unpredictable (especially because on the D750 -but I read that it is a general problem- what you see in the crosshairs at f/1.2 is NOT what you will see in the photo). But if with practice and perseverance you can tame it, then a world opens up. I use it almost exclusively at 1.2 (let's make one thing clear: if one invests 350-450 euros for a fifty, it does it for that quid in more than a 1.8 or a 1.4 do not give you), and after the various 85mm (at least three), the 105 f/2.5 and the 135 f/2 , I finally found my portrait lens. Eye (!) to the eye: only one can be in focus, and you still have to choose between the iris and the eyelashes: at f/1.2 you can't have both in focus. For the rest, closing becomes very engraved (Although it is not true - as some say - that is the fifty sharper than the Nikon from 2.8 and up, indeed), but the chromatic aberrations due to the extreme slathery of the lenses are felt (and see, above all). I wouldn't use it for astrophotography... |
 | sent on 30 Novembre 2018 Pros: Solidity, general construction, mechanics, character Cons: Not easy to open focus, barrel distortion Opinion: A great lens. Mechanically and optically. Impeccable construction and unmatched ring movements. Very soft and ultra-calibrated. A Swiss watch. Optically I find it remarkable, especially from F4 to f 5.6 where from the best of itself. But those who buy such optics are obviously attracted to that F 1.2 that promises fireworks. Well, the MAF is stuff from surgeons but the bokeh gives off dream images. Not simple, requires calm and attention and the results are unique in their kind. Fuzzy creamy, buttery... almost liquid. A marvel. Obviously for the sharpness will have to move to the 2... 2.8 and as I said before at F4 is exceptional. Lens with a very recognizable character, peculiar, not like most of today's very performing but little diversified and rather anonymous. The choice I think should be made keeping in mind this aspect and not just thinking about the lack of autofocus. Dense colors, Pastosi, natural images. It is certainly a dip in the vintage, but also a return to images in which you perceive a less "digital" aspect, less pushed and gritty but also less artifact. The problem is that once you try the temptation is to no longer resort to optics with too many controls and stabilizations. A real gem. Too bad for some pretty obvious barrel distortion and some aberration around the corner... but the perfect optics doesn't exist. To try at least once (and then to keep!) |
 | sent on 18 Luglio 2017 Pros: Image Quality, Construction, Design, Construction Cons: Irreplaceable ... an Af remake would be spectacular ... Opinion: FANTASTIC GOAL! F1.2 pulls out of the pictures of fairy tale, a wonderful bokeh that the current G series dreams of. Already from f2 the sharpness is excellent, though not reaching the clarity of 50 1.8 G, which is a blade (these are two goals that can coexist in a kit). Flare and aberrations fairly present but manageable. Built entirely in metal on Nikon Df is a work of art ... Not to be underestimated that despite the 26 years of production (1979-2015) and the presence of new copies on the market is a circular check ... La maf Manual has a very special ring, but especially open diaphragms, perhaps with the confirmation point, the live view, or a nice FX viewfinder, you have to be careful. In conclusion the best 50mm for Nikon ... a piece of timeless story ... |
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| sent on 18 Luglio 2017 Pros: Bokeh, wonderful three-dimensional to TA Cons: Sharpness up to f / 2.8 Opinion: A wonderful optics both on FF and DX that gives, all opening, a wonderful blur and a dreamlike tridimensionality. A perfect lens for printers, less for pixel count patients; On dx l optics for portrait excellence. From f / 2.8 top sharpness for each sensor in the center, soft to the edges up to f / 4 but those looking for such a lens look for the plus that no coating can give. Precise focusing with the rangefinder. For connoisseurs |
  | sent on 02 Gennaio 2017 Pros: Metal, TA and bokeh dreamlike, weight. Cons: A little difficult at TA Opinion: Taken used and very happy owner this magical lens. A dream come true. Fantastic and very heavy vintage optics, I use it for weddings on Nikon D610 and blur it at TA to a I do not know that dream/fairy. It is an optic that in my opinion is to be used only at full opening for its particular Bokeh. Every photo has something unique, magical and when you use it you feel like a photographer from other times. |
 | sent on 04 Novembre 2016 Pros: Only metal and glass. Old building japan. incisor Cons: Nobody Opinion: After several months of reviews is to read the forum here and there, I decided to buy it on line at galaxia Store. Apart from the delivery date is 10 days arrived. Just opened seemed to get their hands on an authentic, heavy jewelry around metal and glass, with the aperture ring and the serial number on the front. I could not wait to try it. At first he scared me the idea of ??not having lautofocus, but just took his hand was a show. I have never done so many photos without losing the fire. Never blurred. A show . The max aperture of 1.2 opens up a world. A beautiful boken. Of d700 it is truly a pair of samples. But then do not have the plasticaccia do today is really a dream. The best 50mm ever produced by Nikon mom. It is an object by amateurs and collectors but also by professionals for wuello that gives. unique emotions. It's still available . Who buys it does a deal rn It will keep for life. |
 | sent on 10 Ottobre 2016 Pros: construction, brightness, sharpness Cons: nobody Opinion: fantastic lens. focuse to f / 1.2 it is really to be trial by fire, but see the eye of a subject in focus from the near side and see it blurred the far side is really intriguing. 1.2 to blur effect that can please, as to me, or not. clear already at f / 2, good at f / 4 maximum f / 5.6, after which the image, as natural for an f / 1.2, very good degrada.rnsfocato, readable, used to portraiture is great and the maf precise manual and light not to be problems with the exception of children ... where sometimes even a afs is enough! rnlo very often used for night shots ... spectacular! |
 | sent on 31 Marzo 2014 Pros: Very solid and compact, pleasant to handle. Precise sliding the focus ring and soft. Optimal aperture ring. Used f/1.2 is fantastic, although it is difficult to focuse on the extremely shallow depth of field. At f / 2 is crystal clear, bokhe spectacular (ennagonale) as you can see in the example https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielepisani/11586848423/ Cons: The autofocus would be comfortable. Opinion: This contemporary digital lens mounted on the body is great. Used f/1.2 creates a unique, dreamlike. It 'an effect can not be replicated with other lenses. At f / 2 sharpness is fantastic and if the beats with contemporary AF lenses (maybe even higher f / 2). RnIo the use of D700 and D800E. You can see here some examples of D700 https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielepisani/8113517380/.rnqua I was pretty much in the dark (ISO5000 f/1.2) https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielepisani/6953912217 /. rnrnAltri examples with D800E: https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielepisani/12876934555/rn here --- ISO100 f / 2 >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielepisani/13513980933 / |
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