AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

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AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

Postby sheepie on Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:13 pm

Hi all - any advice on this lens? What's it worth?
Am looking for a good but inexpensive prime for mostly landscape work. Dunno whether the effective (approx) 75mm of this one would be too long though.
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Postby Raydar on Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:57 pm

I got mine for $300; you can get them cheaper if you look around.
Mate you can’t go wrong with this lens, money well spent :wink:

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Postby Killakoala on Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:00 pm

Check http://www.vanbar.com.au for a good price. I'm sure if you shop around town you will get a good price if you barter.

It might even be worth thinking about the 1.4 lens instead. But that will cost a bit more. Although I have a 1.8 and am very happy with it.
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Postby Onyx on Wed Sep 29, 2004 3:07 am

Might be a bit tricky for landscape - especially on a DSLR. However some argue a good photographer can make anything work...

But it has excellent optics for the money, it great value and lots of people like em. I am the exception - I don't particularly find this focal length too useful.
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:50 am

I have 1.4, love it. 1.8 is well recommended.
IMHO 50mm is quite a bit of lenght in landscape, but photogs can make thing happens as other said.
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Postby Glen on Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:19 am

Sheepie, Birddog's recommendation of http://www.jd-onlineshop.com often have it for $198 through ebay, not listed on their web but email them.
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Postby Mj on Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:35 pm

Sheepie, I have it and can recommend it at a pinch, love it at the price, however it's not quite right for many applications. A little too long for landscape, can be a little too short for portraits and doesn't have the best bokeh I've seen but I still enjoy it for it's f1.8 at around $200.
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