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Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

by Nikon
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (893 customer reviews)

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Important Warranty Information: All Nikkor autofocus lenses from Nikon Inc. USA include four years of Nikon Extended Service Coverage at no charge. Be sure to look for the Nikon ESC certificate with every Nikkor lens purchase you make.
  • High-speed normal lens
  • Great for travel and for shooting full-length portraits in available light
  • Distortion-free images with superb resolution and color rendition
  • Provides high-contrast images even at maximum aperture
  • Format Compatibility: Nikon FX/35mm Film, Nikon DX

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Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras + Tiffen 52mm UV Protection Filter + Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches ; 8 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B00005LEN4
  • Item model number: 2137
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (893 customer reviews)
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  • Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005

Product Description

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This compact and fast, f/1.8 lens is versatile and perfect for travel and portrait pictures as well as general photography.
  • D-type lens design provides distance information as part of flash and ambient light exposure processes
  • Multi-layer coating minimizes flare and ghosting
  • Exceptionally lightweight and compact
  • Ideal for travel photography
  • Classic normal lens provides speed and compact design
  • Stops down to f/22 for excellent depth-of-field control
50mm MTF Chart

Product Description

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras.What's in the box: Nikon Normal AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D Autofocus Lens, 52mm Front Lens Cap, Rear Lens Cap (slip-on) and 5-Year Warranty (1-Year International + 4-Year USA Extension).

Customer Reviews

The lens is very sharp with great contrast and color. Joseph Sudano  |  243 reviewers made a similar statement
Great for indoor and low light situation 5. Sidarta Tanu  |  148 reviewers made a similar statement
I have a D3000, so the auto focus does not work, but the manual focus is very easy. jameswilliamiii  |  73 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2,008 of 2,040 people found the following review helpful
I don't even know where to start. This lens produces sharp pictures and great color and contrast. And for its price (which seems to climb recently), it is worth more than 5 stars rating. I initially get this lens for low light action and sport photography (as this lens is famous for being one of the fastest lens together with its brother 50mm f/1.4), but I also found out that this lens is also perfect for portrait and other general purposes (macro etc). This is definitely a very versatile lens.

It is important to note that you will need camera with internal AF motor (D90, D300, D600, D700, D800, D7000, etc) for this AF lens autofocus to work properly. If your camera is D40/D60/D3000/D5000 series (no internal AF motor), you will need to get the AF-S type lens, otherwise if you get this AF lens, only the manual focus will be available to you.

And as much as I want to encourage everyone to buy this lens right away, let me mention some of the limitation that you would see (which I think will be helpful to go over before deciding to buy this lens):

First, being a prime lens, you will need to move your feet a lot to compose your picture. If you are used to zoom lens, don't underestimate this limitation. It takes me a while to get used to it, and sometime I still find people looking at me wondering why I am moving forward and backwards. the good news is that most of the time, they don't think I'm weird, but they are actually wondering if I'm a professional photographer.

Secondly, the focal range of 50mm, which is considered the normal lens and great for portrait lens.
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254 of 269 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Dollar for dollar the best buy in a bright sharp lens November 28, 2004
This lens is probably the sharpest lens that Nikon makes--see lens reviews/specs at [...] I use this lens for low light situations outdoors and indoors so I don't need a flash. also, small dept-of-field. Using this at f/2.0 I will get at least four-six times as much light (which means four-six times faster shutter speed) as my zoom at around f/4.8 and also have a sharper image. For $99.00 this f/1.8 is a steal and a much better buy than the f/1.4 which is almost as sharp a lens and costs about $250.00--it's a no brainer.

I use this with my Nikon D70--remember, with a digital SLR this is equivalent to a 75mm lens for film which it a pretty good portrait lens.

Just buy it--for the price you can't go wrong.
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475 of 510 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Possibly a bad sample? February 20, 2009
I was surprised to find, after reading so many positive reviews of this lens, that the copy I received was so fuzzy at wide-open apertures that I could see it on UN-MAGNIFIED images right on my D90's 3" screen.

All lenses lose sharpness at wide apertures: this is a matter of basic physics and is the result of something called spherical aberration. Some are much better than others though, thanks to better optical designs that more effectively correct for this tendency. The 35mm f/2, for example, is very good wide open; the 85mm f/1.8 is decent (and very appropriate for portrait use). My copy of the 50mm f/1.8 lost both sharpness and significant contrast as f/1.8 was approached. I would quantify it as follows:

f/1.8: very fuzzy (well beyond "soft"), reduced contrast, almost un-useable
f/2.8: still quite soft, much improved contrast
f/4: slightly soft, good contrast
f/5.6: sharp, good contrast
f/8: very sharp, good contrast

These results were repeatable on my sample and held true regardless of shutter speed and technique.

Notes:

- The advantage of a lens like this is the ability to use wide apertures. A good portrait lens need not be particularly sharp, but wider than f/4 my copy of this lens was soft enough that I would use it for nothing other than casual people-photography. It would not suffice for critical night or low-light photography, or for general photography where sharpness might be desired. For photos of people it was fine at f/2.8, but below that it lost so much sharpness, and enough contrast, that photos of almost any subject looked dull.

- The lens seems like an obvious choice as a first prime due to its price and the many excellent reviews of it here on Amazon and elsewhere.
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73 of 75 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for any collection February 23, 2007
I purchased this lens to supplement my kit 18-55 which I found wasn't fast enough to capture indoor shots of my two little girls without flash. I have to say that EVERYONE should buy this lens. As one of the first additional lenses I purchased for my Nikon D40, I was absolutely stunned and blown away by the tack sharp images and speed of this tiny little gem. While it is manual focus only with the D40, everything else works just fine. It even tells you when the image is in focus via the green focus light found inside the viewfinder. Keep in mind that at 1.8 its easy for your main subject to slip out of focus. For portrait shots, 2.8 is usually plenty to get a fast shutter speed with plenty of bokeh. For those split between this and the 1.4, if the price difference wasn't so big, I'd say go for it. But at 1.8 you're getting an extremely fast and capable lens at a price that just cannot be beat. I'm filling up my hard drive every day with pics that I simply could not have captured with my kit lens. There are some shortcomings like the manual zoom, manual focus with the D40 and that it's small plastic casing probably won't survive a fall (my 70-300 VR is MASSIVE next to it) but it more than makes up for its shortcomings with the amazing shots it takes. I promise you, you'll be hard pressed to find any other quality glass in this price range.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars only manual focus on Nikon D5000
not easy to use when only manual. will probably use more once i can upgrade to a full size body

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Published 5 days ago by Agnes B
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Lens
All my friends ask me what lens I use. The lense in super fast and i dont mind sacrificing focal range for sharpness. Best Lens I own, also the cheapest.
Published 6 days ago by Nick Naccarato
5.0 out of 5 stars Great lens to have!
I bought this lens for a trip to Japan I took a few weeks ago. Wonderful in low light, fast AF, and all the images are terrific.

A must-have lens for your gear bag!
Published 9 days ago by Jonathan C. Chan
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't go wrong with a 50mm prime lens.
This lens is also great for a DX camera as long as it has a focusing motor in the camera body. Otherwise you have to focus manually. Read more
Published 11 days ago by clm
5.0 out of 5 stars The horse of battle
I know for more twenty years the Nikon quality lenses, nikon and nikor. I worked with this lens with film cameras in the pass. Absolute recommended!
Published 12 days ago by Grillo
5.0 out of 5 stars nikon 50mm
i pick five stars because i was able to use this lens for a vacation and i had no trouble with getting good quality pictures. i am very please with it and satisfied. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Barbara
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Lens
I recently bought this lens and have had time to test it out in a few real world scenarios and all I can say is WOW! It's under priced in my opinion. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Justin B. Renshaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Lens
I got this lens for my D7000.
After having it for almost half a year, here is what I think...

PROs:
lightweight
cheap (pricing)
great... Read more
Published 27 days ago by W. Hsieh
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
The products arrive fine, very good lens , im starting in photography , i made some photos to my colleagues and friends, really nice portraits.
Published 1 month ago by Tolki
4.0 out of 5 stars Works as expected
I read reviews of this lens prior to purchase and decided to go ahead and get it; it doesn't focus automatically with a Nikon D40 - only the more recent versions of the Nikon... Read more
Published 1 month ago by WWCitizen
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