I am glad with the price it cost me and the delivery that I got for this lens from homeshop, its very good and the clarity is also amazing, I liked the lens.

Fast lens. Great bokeh. Soft focus at wide open. Sharpens at f4 and up. Feels more solid than the (equivalent) new G lens.

Similar to its cousin (AF 50mm f/1.8 D) the Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.4 D is a very good performer. At f/1.4 the contrast is a little on the low side and the borders may be a little soft but from f/2.8 & up the performance is really superb.

Needed a fast prime lens for my FX and this one works great. It's compact and lightweight and fits in your pocket, so if you need the extra speed and the convenience of easy carry, get this lens.

Easily Interchangeable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Lightweight; Many Nikkon Lenses; Nice Bokeh; Nikon Dx; Nikon Fx; Strong Construction

This is a lens for those who appreciate a classic standard focal length prime that uses the timeless seven element in six groups planar optical formulation. Every major manufacturer from Zeiss, to Olympus, to Yashica (RIP), to Pentax, to Minolta to Canon, to Sigma has made nearly an identical lens...

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Handling and features Performance Verdict Specification This standard 50mm prime lens is a popular used buy, but still available new for a reasonable discount over Nikon's latest 50mm f/1.4G. New it can be picked up for around ￡240, or ￡150 or less if buying used.

Good sharpness in the centre at maximum aperture; Outstanding sharpness when stopped down; A good value used buy; Decent enough build quality

Screw-driven focus; Soft with falloff at f/1.4; Basic design lacks luxuries of more modern lenses

One of the few lenses I've observed that transmits all the light -- and the information that light carries, to the sensor or film plane. Its maximum aperture value is equal to its T-stop value. F1.4 = F1.4, this according to DXOmark. Very sharp by f2.8, and razor sharp by f5.6 and beyond.

F stop value = T-stop value no light absorbed by adding too many light/information absorbing elements: 1.4 = 1.4; a true "f1.4" lens; sharpness; cost; brilliant image quality; size; weight; cost; durable in-camera screw drive auto focus (not tiny in-l

Some have said there is a hot-spot in the center of the frame at f16, which is especially evident shooting IR film; I have briefly tested for this on my digital camera and did not observe this; But I rarely shoot f16 and have not shot any IR film in a dec

While I hope to create a full Nikon 50mm f/1.4D AF Lens evaluation, my first priority is to include results from this lens in the lens comparison tools. This page currently exists because it is required by the database and content management systems for the posting of those standard test results.

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