Nikkor AF 50mm/1.4D

A nikonians.org article
Written by nikonian Bo Stahlbrandt

General

The picture is of the D version. Mine is a non-D lens.

This is the traditional focal length. Due to the simplicity of 50mm lenses, they are cheap to manufacture and generally come with very high optical quality - due to the few pieces of glas needed. Another plus is that you see what you get, i.e. the scaling factor is approx. 1:1 with a 50mm lens on 35mm film.

The 50/1,4 is a sharp lens, only beaten in some tests by its way cheaper 1,8 cousin(!). The Nikon 50mm/1,4 received 72,2 points out of 100 possible (4th place in its class) at Klaus Schroiff's WWW photo zone lens rating [e]. It was beaten by two Leica's and one Zeiss'.

Several 50mm Nikkor's are tested on Nicke's Nikon Pages [e].

Nikon USA's product info on the 50mm/1.4 D [e]