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camerapapi wrote:
The Sigma is a very good lens but I wonder; is there anything wrong with the 50mm f1.4 Nikkor?
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.
The Nikkor 50/1.4 isn't bad, but it's not all that much of a performer as 50's go, with frankly poor performance at wide apertures. The Sigma's an extremely exotic design (Aspherical elements in a 50 are unusual. Of the current crop of 50-58mm's only the Leica Summilux-R and the Canon 50/1.2L use aspherical elements) and performs incredibly well wide-open, better than pretty much any fast 50 other than the other aspherical designs or the Zeiss ZF 50/2 Makro-Planar.
The Nikkor 50/1.4 however is outperformed at wide apertures by most current 50/1.4's. It gets quite good at f4 and higher though. Not bad for the price if you need AF and f1.4, but if you don't mind spending more or giving up AF there are better performing options at a reasonable cost like the CV Nokton 58/1.4, the Zeiss ZF 50/1.4 Planar, the Sigma, and the Nikkor 50/1.2 AI-S.
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