![]() If you want corner sharpness wide-open, the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 can't be beat, you pay five times more, though.įirst, we'll take a look at 3 samples, shot on a Nikon D600 at normal viewing sizes shot at f/1.8, f/2.8 and f/5.6 (in that order). For most people, we shoot f/1.8 when we want defocused backgrounds and our subjects are in the centre of frame. It's not quite as sharp in the corners but this doesn't matter because very rarely does anyone shoot f/1.8 and subjects flat enough to require corner sharpness. Wide-open, it's very sharp right in the centre of frame. It's much harder to engineer a zoom or a wide-angle lens requiring a retrofocal group. This isn't unexpected, 50mm lenses are usually extremely sharp due to their focal length not requiring more than a simple double-Gaussain design, similar to how 35mm and 85mm lenses are also fantastically sharp. In fact, it's sharper than most lenses that are ten times the price. The Nikon 50mm f/1.8G is a very sharp lens. Its barrel is made of hard plastics and it has full-time manual focus override, so you can enter MF with a twist of the MF ring. Unlike the cheaper Canon 50mm f/1.8 II, this Nikon 50mm f/1.8G has a metal mount. Its optics are excellent and its construction is reasonably good for a lens of its cost. It's very affordable, but it's certainly not built cheaply. I like this lens because it represents extremely good value. Unlike some people who like to shoot expensive gear for the sake of it, I'm a strong proponent of value. Whilst both those lenses have very unique characteristics that somewhat justify their asking price, on a value metric, this Nikon 50mm f/1.8G is simply the best. ![]() You can pay over twice as much for the slightly faster Nikon 50mm f/1.4G, but optically, this 50mm f/1.8G is better, it's much lighter and it even has an aspherical element (perhaps the cheapest lens to do so), this makes the design more efficient and minimises spherical abberation.Īs part of my personal and professional work, along with various testing I do to bring you all the reviews on this site, I've come across and used some very popular and lauded lenses such as the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART. This lens is highly recommended and is a must buy for most photographers and really belongs in the bag of all photographers, amateur to advanced professionals. On Nikon's DX (crop format) cameras, it's equivalent to a 75mm lens, making it great for general portraiture. It's light enough that on smaller FX cameras such as a D750, it serves as a great walking around kit. ![]() With a wide-open aperture of f/1.8, it collects more than twice the amount of light as the best professional zooms and over eight times as much light as cheaper f/5.6 zooms such as your standard 18-55mm kit lenses. Coming in as Nikon's second cheapest prime lens, it performs excellently for its price and delivers outstanding quality and sharpness that will smoke the professional Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G you just paid ten times more for.Ĭoming in at only 187g, the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G is a light and versatile normal prime lens that's great for a variety of shooting situations. Today we're looking at one of the staple Nikon lenses that should belong in any photographer's bag, the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G. ![]()
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