"I recomend this lens as a fist purchase for anyone making the jump from cropped to full frame photography. This is an FX lens so if you are rocking a cropped DX sensor then this is a great portrait lens although there are better DX portrait lenses for less money.

This prime lens turned my AW1 into a beast. Sharpness, wonderfull low light caption and control over focusing via the manual focus ring. You just set and lock aperture at 22 on the aperture ring and the AW1 controls aperture via the FT1 mount.

The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G Special Edition ($279.95) is a dressed up version of the standard AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G($196.95 at Amazon) that features cosmetics that better match the retro Nikon Df. If you're paying the $150 premium to get the lens bundled with the camera it's a great value, but unless you're in love with its style you're better off saving some money and going with the standard 50mm f/1.8G. Very light at 6.7 ounces, the lens($276.95 at Amazon) measures just 2 by 2.8 inches (HD). Its filter thread supports 58mm filters, and a lens hood is included. Close focus is limited to just under 1.5 feet—you'll be able to frame subjects tightly and open up the aperture to blur the background, but don't expect this to perform double duty as a macro lens. The lens doesn't have any sort of image stabilization, as Nikon only puts that technology into zooms and telephoto prime lenses—it's rare that you'll see it in a 50mm lens from any manufacturer. There is an internal foc...

The Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G Special Edition is optically identical to the standard version of the lens, but is priced higher.

Sharp; Compact; Wide aperture; Internal focus motor

No vibration reduction or aperture ring; Priced higher than standard version of lens based only on cosmetic changes

Excellent snappy little lens, Accurate and quick focus, Good build quality and sharp images as you would expect from a prime lens, Background Blur is superb especially when used as a portrait lens, I\'ve used it for landscape at F11 and tack sharp. The price as well is VERY competitive.

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Brilliant lens at a good price surprising from debenhams!

Nikon 50mm f1.8G is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF) Standard Prime lens with 35mm FF max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with F(FX) Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Nikon 50mm f1.8G lens good for?

Autofocus, Distance Scale, DoF(Depth of Field) Scale, Hood supplied, Full-time Manual Focusing, Fast Aperture, Covers Full-Frame Sensor, Light weight at only, 185g / 6.5 oz, No Weather Sealing

Autofocus, Distance Scale, DoF(Depth of Field) Scale, Hood supplied, Full-time Manual Focusing, Fast Aperture, Covers Full-Frame Sensor, Light weight at only, 185g / 6.5 oz, No Weather Sealing

Would highly recommend to any photographer! Excellent quality, super speedy focusing, great value for money. Overall extremely happy with this purchase.

With light and compact design is a small lens that gives amazing ease of use. It is extremely comfortable to carry around and use whenever required on the move.

The AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G was introduced in April, 2011 and is designed for use with both FX and DX camera bodies. On the latter, its effective angle of view is equivalent to 75mm in 35mm format.

Excellent lens for portraits and close up photos. It has very good build quality. All images looks awesome. But for landscapes it is not perfect lens because has very short angle about 33 degrees wide. Good price.