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The Great 50mm Lens Comparison

Postby anubis on Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:11 pm

Ken Rockwell spent a large amount of time on this... worth a look

Compares the following lenses:
Zeiss-branded 50mm f/1.4 ZF, 2006.
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D, 2005. It's made in China by Nikon.
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF, circa 1986.
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI, circa 1980.
Nikkor 18 - 200mm VR , 2005.
Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AI-s, 1992.
Nikkor-S Auto 50mm f/1.4, 1969

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/50-comparison/index.htm
Nikon D300, Nikkors 70-200 VR, 17-55, 50 1.4,18-200 VR etc
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Postby Yi-P on Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:08 am

Great find, thanks for positng :D
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Postby moggy on Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:17 am

Thanks for the heads up, very interesting reading. :wink:

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Postby obzelite on Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:13 am

after reading his reasoning on why a 3 megapixal camera is just as good a 6 i can't get myself to read anything else on the site.
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Postby padey on Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:10 am

obzelite wrote:after reading his reasoning on why a 3 megapixal camera is just as good a 6 i can't get myself to read anything else on the site.


Plus there are the times he reviews lenses without using them 10.5mm fisheye comes to mind.

I've got no time for this guy.
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Postby Yi-P on Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:29 am

I think he mentioned the 18-55 to be best lens for digital SLR :lol: :lol:
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