Nikon 50mm f/1.8

[NaChase]

This was the first lens I ever bought, and, having gone back to it recently, it is also one of the best. It is eye gougingly sharp and its rendering is absolutely phenomenal! All this in a lens that you can get for $80. I am blown away!


Hey! Where'd Your Prism Go? by N.Chase, on Flickr

I Love You Kodak by N.Chase, on Flickr

Goat Chair by N.Chase, on Flickr

 

[Flat Twin]

Nick,

I agree with you. I recently bought a virtually unused Nikkor 50mm f1.8 Ais as a bit of an experiment and I am also blown away by it! Amazingly sharp and really nice rendering qualities. I'm going to use it a lot more!


Sheffield, England. December 2011 by Flat Twin, on Flickr

 

[NaChase]

Razor thin DOF when you want it too.

 

[burancap]

Thanks for noting this lens.

I have one glued to my EL-2. Blisteringly sharp, available, and affordable. Really, the only 50 one would ever need in this mount.

 

[petronius]

Nick, I love the first self portrait!

 

[Paulbe]

Nick--great pictures!
What adapter are you using for the Nikkor?
Or--maybe I should ask what camera you are using?
Thanks!
Paul

 

[ray*j*gun]

Does anyone know if the 35mm 1,8 G (AF S) lens has the same glass as the 50 1,8 AIS? I get the same sort of feel from both.

 

[NaChase]

Haha. No adapter, I was using my F2S, just without the meter head.

 

[Paulbe]

Oh dear! Glad I asked--I was surely fooled!
Thanks!
Paul

 

[jaredangle]

Quick scan of a print – F100 with the AF version of the 50mm f/1.8 and Neopan 400 @ f/2

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) speaking with Ann Arbor Major John Heiftje.