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The Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.8 G is a standard lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2011. The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 249 €;
305 users have given it an average vote of 9.4 out of 10.
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This lens is available with the following mounts:
Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Nikon.
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Pros: Light, fast and sharp with great bokeh/blur.
Cons: Plastic construction, but for the price nobody expects otherwise.
Opinion: Best $200 you can spend on a lens without a doubt. Great for many types of shooting whether your body is DX or FX. Perfect for walking around and shooting in the street. This lens will really surprise you as a portrait lens, especially on a DX body. Razor sharp in the focal plane and beautiful, creamy blur in the background. They don't call it the plastic fantastic for nothing!
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Opinion:Needless to drag it out: I would call it an exceptional lens for both right and fx! Unfortunately it has its cons (see above) but the defect is seen only at very strong magnification. For the photos that this lens gave me back... I fell in love with it! Outdoors it's great. When I mount it, on any body, I don't have to worry about anything, I'm sure the photo will be beautiful whether it's indoor or outdoor with little or a lot of light: I can't do without it.
Opinion:Bought just released in 2011 and used as a standard lens of preference until mid-2018, it is one of the small jewels of Nikon's F-mount lenses in recent years. Smaller, cheaper and more performing than the 'big brother' f / 1.4 was in effect a must-buy for anyone using that focal length. Sharper at 1.8 than version 1.4, it made the more expensive version obsolete and even in the following years it was equaled or surpassed by very few alternatives, all much more expensive. Probably now it is no longer worth the list price, and on Z mount there is infinitely better (provided you pay the cost), but it remains the first lens to buy if you are new to the F mount world. I replaced it with the Tamron 45mm only and exclusively because the latter had the stabilization that helped a lot on D800 / D850 (the tamron also has a better yield but still cost three times and came out several years later)
Pros:Value for money if bought used or not nital, weight, dimensions
Cons:Colors, feeling of plastic product
Opinion:Bought new with European warranty in 2013 for 156 euros, it has always allowed me to make very good photos in portraits even if I am not a lover of fifty mm photos (I prefer longer focal lengths). I recommend it for those who want to buy his first lens for portraits or for those who want to spend little. For me its greatest value is value for money if bought used or not nital. I have never been convinced by the colors it returns but for the price purchased they were all too good. Other advantages are the weight and the small size. The sense of plasticity I put it in the counter. In 2016 I tried the AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G from a friend discovering magical colors. I found a used one in very good condition at 250 euros so I resold the 1.8 at 120 euros, losing only 36 € compared to the purchase price. Between the 50 1.8 and 1.4 I recommend you buy used 1.4 whose price is around 250 euros which is the same price as the new nital 1.8. I think that the version with aperture 1.4 is the one that will make you make a leap in quality in photos. On the vote you will read, for me affects (a lot) positively the selling price of used, which is around 120-130 €. Rating: 8
Opinion:I will try not to repeat the things that have already been said. This lens in addition to being light is very sharp fears comparison with the brighter but slightly less sharp F / 1.4. This F1.8 I find it already very sharp at full aperture, take into account that in the portrait you do not always need sharpness otherwise the defects of the face come out, a little softness is needed but still closing at F2 becomes perfect. Very nice also for landscape photos. Now I sold it to give space to the 50 1.4 sigma but it is more a whim to have greater brightness and three-dimensionality since I take pictures of night events. But this 50 1.8 deserves so much. Rating 10. Good Light to All.
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