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deadkenny
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Registered: Jul 2, 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Jul 2, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $360.00
| Rating: 9
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Fast focus, sharp, very light and small. Perfect "normal" lens for non-full-frame DSLRs.
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Not as quiet as an AF-S. Expensive compared to the Nikkor 50mm f/1.8.
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I've been using this lens more and more as a general walk around lens rather than relying on zooms like the 18-70 DX (which is a very good lens, just not as fast as this lens and heavier). It does a great job and can continue shooting long into the evening when light is failing. With the typical crop on a DSLR this lens is approximately the same field of view as a 50mm lens, so it becomes the ideal "normal" lens, though sadly more expensive (especially in the UK).
Has been good for city-scape shots and even with a DSLR it's got a fair amount of width on it.
Handy to use with a polariser too as with such a fast lens you've got more room to play with at the max aperture.
By the way, the front element does not rotate. The focus ring does, but not the front thread, so polarisers are fine with this.
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 Jul 2, 2005
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phiggys
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Registered: Apr 7, 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 25
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Review Date: Oct 30, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $140.00
| Rating: 10
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Superb image quality and value for money reasonably fast at F2.0
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None !
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This was the 2nd Nikon prime lens that I purchased after the AF 50mm f1.8 and it complements it perfectly.
It makes a good standard lens on a digital body giving you a little over 50mm in focal length.
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Oct 30, 2004
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Chipouille
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Registered: Sep 10, 2004
Location: Afghanistan
Posts: 206
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Review Date: Sep 17, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2.00
| Rating: 10
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Really sharp even wide open, cheap, excellent value, almost macro focussing capacity.
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Construction quality could be a bit higher, beware of violent backlights.
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This is a very nice lens, sharp and bright, light ; AF is fast, if not completely silent.
It's able to focus really close, but then it's optical quality wide open tends to soften a little. There is no CRC as in the 35/2 ai-s. It is not as sharp in the edges and corners as his old ai-s brother. But the center is amazingly sharp at every aperture ! Perfection corner-to-corner begins at 2.8, just one stop down.
I really love this lens, it is so small, it's angle is perfect for me, and it's so cheap !!.
Just buy one. It's also perfectly sharp in digital, becoming a nice 52 f/2 mm.
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Sep 17, 2004
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MoxieMike
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Registered: Nov 17, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 181
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Review Date: Jun 17, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $289.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp! Sharp! Sharp! Excellent color rendition. Contrasty. Sharp at f2.0 even! No distortion. Bright. Definitely my favorite lens.
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Cons:
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None whatsoever.
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I got this lens to fill a gap in my kit for events/party photography. i found that my 12-24 has too much odd distortion at times to really be a workhorse in that realm (close-ish crops of 3-4 people) and that the 50 1.8 was a bit too long. So i snagged this lens. And boy do I not regret it! Thought about picking up the Sigma 24-70 and may still do so, but for now, wow! It's light, inexpensive, and has some great qualities. Buy it. ASAP.
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Jun 17, 2004
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seyhun
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Registered: Feb 24, 2004
Location: Turkey
Posts: 11
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Review Date: Mar 25, 2004
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: $240.00
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Makes approximately 50 mm on a dSLR. F:2.0 is acceptable. Quite sharp.
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When used with available light outside, watch out for bright spots. You will end up havin 2 of each, the reflection being RED in color, in a point on the photo that may kill all the scene..
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Can't recommend. I prefer the Sigma 28 mm 1.8 most of the time.
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Mar 25, 2004
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dvirr
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Registered: Mar 12, 2002
Location: Israel
Posts: 558
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Review Date: Mar 30, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $170.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Tack sharp and light
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No AF-S, Front ring rotates when focusing
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I mainly bought this lens for use in low light situations when shooting indoors. I've used it successfully even in candle-lit situations.
Overall a great lens, and does exactly what I wanted it to do.
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Mar 30, 2003
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