Nice bokeh~ nice f1.4 at the price~get one and have fun with it~
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| Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.Created: 10/10/12
The lens is well build instead of "plastic lenses", of course it adds more weight. F1.4 isn't that sharp as i've expected but F1.8 is at it's optimum.
I was a Minolta user and have used Minolta 50mm f1.8 before, and i PERSONALLY think he color and shaprness of Minolta is way better than this Nikon 50mm.
anyways, what I like is the creamy bokeh with this lens than the Minolta and the fcus speed is extremely fast, though noisy.
I'd recommend you get one! it's a very fun lens to play with. Take note that you wont get autofucos if you don't have a built in motor in your Nikon DSLR.
***always check back/front focus test and calibrate it if you get a second hand copy.

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Fast and quality lens
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| Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.Created: 28/12/11
Great lens. For less than 200 dollars you can get a AF and fast lens. worth every single bucks. Only drawbacks is that the focal length is a bit too long on a DX format camera (1.5x50mm=75mm). Must buy for FX camera.

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Great lens for a great price!
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| Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.Created: 07/03/12
I love this lens. I bought it for my Nikon D3100. I was hoping to get some nice portraits with a pretty blurry background. This lens helps me achieve the bokeh I was hoping for. The images are perfectly clear and so easy. It is great for portraits but not as good for landscape pictures. It is a manual lens, so if you don't know how to shoot in manual, you won't be able to shoot at all. Best of all, it was a great price. It's hard to find a lens under $200.

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If you want a very fast lens that works great, its a great buy.
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| Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.Created: 01/05/12
I own a D300s with a 16-85 zoom and wanted a lens with more speed and a little reach for some sports and portrait work. This little lens is very sharp, and focuses fast and much smaller and lighter than my zoom. A great value with 3 + stops gain or about 10x brighter at the zooms 50mm setting. I leave it on my camera at work since that range is all need there and I am not wearing out my 3x more expensive zoom that I use out.
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Well worth the value
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| Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.Created: 28/12/12
Excellent result in low light conditions and in-house portraits. You can refer to www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/5014af.htm that puts lot of information regarding this. My particular interest was to get a prime lens for low light inside home photography.

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