Nikon 50mm Nikkor F/1.8D AF Prime Lens for DSLR Camera (Black)

This is the most value for money lens one can get for a Nikon body. This small lens gives you excellent image quality and a sturdy built quality for such a budget price. I didn't find anything to complain about. This fast normal lens alone is sufficient for general purpose photography and can give you service for more than a lifetime. It doesn't have VR but, with the max aparture of f/1.8, I never felt the need.Points to be noted before buying:1. It gives 50mm focal length only on full frame digital bodies and film SLR s. On Dx bodies the effective focal length will be 75mm.2. Autofocus will not work on Dx bodies that doesn't have motor built in the body like D 3000 & 5000 series. One can, however, use it on those as a manual focus lens.

The Nikon 50mm f1.8 comes in two variants: 50mm f1.8D and 50mm f1.8G. This one is the "D" version which does not have an Autofocus feature. It works in all Nikon DSLRs, but the autofocus would work only in cameras with internal autofocus motor, that is, the D90 series, D7000 series and above. It is not meant for full frame cameras as well. Let me get into a detailed review.The lens is very well designed and feels pretty sturdy. It is well build with a strong plastic body and a metal mount. There is a manual aperture controller as well, with means it works with the older SLR cameras from Nikon. For current DSLRs, it is required to lock in at the maximum aperture. This feature also comes in handy if you are a budget photographer, to take macro images with the use of a lens reversal ring. I personally felt that the focus ring is a bit tighter than on the Canon version of this lens, as I couldn't shoot smooth focus transitions in video. But for stills, it is an astounding lens with brilliant bokeh, sharpness and colour reproduction. The focus has to be carefully adjusted, by looking at the green dot that appears in the lower left of the viewfinder to obtain tack sharp focus.The minimum focusing point is 0.45m, which is decent for a 50mm prime, but a bit less for me, personally. Readily go for it if you're okay with focusing shots manually. However, I wouldn't recommend this lens to a beginner because you would need something more simpler to practise on and improve your photographic skills. For video shooting, go for it if you are confident enough about turning the focus ring smoothly. And believe me, the focus ring goes a long way from 0.45m to infinity! For video shooters, I also recommend a stabilizer because the footage is very shaky at 50mm. Considering overall, this is a wonderful lens, if chosen for the right purpose. It has been serving my needs since a year, and is still safe and sound!FLYCAM 3000 Handheld DSLR Video Camera Stabilizer Steadycam Free Unico Quick Release for 3.5kg Nikon Canon Sony Panasonic (FLCM-3000)

I'm using the lens with my D5200. It's an entry level body therefore doens't have inbuilt autofocus motor hence I'm not able to use the autofocus function on the lens. But with manual focus, if done correctly it captures some really great sharp photos.Go for it if you're on low budget. It'd have been better if there were STM, but still no complaints.As a beginner one may face some issues while focusing and keeping the subject in proper focus, but once you learn, you can capture some awesome shots.

I was using 18-55 kit lens & then seeing some photographers I purchased nikor 70-300 lens.Though it is a telephoto zoom lens, still it (70-300) gives a good brokeh effect for portrait photography. After few days I managed to buy this one Nikor 50mm f 1.8DBelieve me, It is one of the best lenses in the world. The brokeh is so denser man. Picture quality is crystal clear also it is very much preferable for low light photography. But if you want auto focus in your beginner level cameras like 3000 or 5000 series, keep distance from this lens & go for 1.8G version. It is only for those who loves manual focusing. Have a try. It's the best budget lens for human portraits. Go for it. 5 starts

Its a lens for full frame camera and will work best with fx body, gives excellent pictures for dx also.For crop sensor ( D3000 and D5000 range) auto focus, aparture and shutter speed - all you have to adjust manually.Please don't buy if you don't know manual settings.I thought I had to focus manually and I was prepared for this. But this lens only works in full manual mode. Even the inbuilt flash doesn't fire as this lens doesn't support TTL flash in my D3400I can't focus perfectly all the time with viewfinder. What I do is turn the screen on ( live view) adjust frame and than zoom in to face and adjust focus. This works great for focus.Even thought this is great lens, given the choice, I would prefer fully automatic lens of yongnuo company for 10K over this for ease of use.

Its nice but the portrait is not that much good

This is a beautiful lens. I am a first time DSLR buyer and user - I havent till now touched a DSLR / SLR in my 35 years of life. I bought it along with Nikon D3300 24.2 MP Digital SLR Camera (Black) with 18-55mm VR II Lens Kit with 8GB Card and Camera Bag . I have not even bothered to open the VR AF 18-55 zoom Kit Lens packaging after clicking a few shots with this lens. Its so amazing. It even gives good (meaning very very usable) quality pics at ISO 12800 without flash in aperture priority mode; even with light from a warm white 36 watt tube light without flash. Portraits with this lens makes any body look beautiful and like in movie stills. Because of this lens I haven't even learned how autofocus works . I always use the range-finder in that camera to get a good focus because this lens will not autofocus in D3300 and I dont want autofocus. The only mode in camera i have used for two days since I got the DSLR is Aperture priority. Its really wonderful to zoom-in and zoom-out with your Legs ;) !! Its so engaging and satisfying

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