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What is your favorite 50-55mm prime lens?
Jan 11, 2018 21:35:36 #
Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm F/1.8 ZA
Minolta MD 50mm 1.4
I have the Minolta 50mm f3.5 Macro, but no where close to my favorite lens.
Minolta MD 50mm 1.4
I have the Minolta 50mm f3.5 Macro, but no where close to my favorite lens.
Jan 12, 2018 06:29:49 #
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My very first lens was a 55 mm Micro Nikkor Auto AI-s. I still use it frequently. It was my first lens (along with a 43-86 zoom that I no longer have). I also have a Nikon 50 mm 1.4 AI-s for low light and a 50 mm AF-s for when I want AF. They are all great lenses.
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Jan 12, 2018 06:57:55 #
Jeffcs
Loc: Myrtle Beach South Carolina
It's my first nikkor was of all things 43-86 and still have it my second was the 50f1.2ais purchased new with my F2photomic
I still use it to date on my D5
I still use it to date on my D5
Jan 12, 2018 07:07:35 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Streets wrote:
Mine is my Minolta AF 50mm f3.5 Macro. I love this lens for copying slides and general photography. It is wicked sharp, no matter the f stop. A close contender is my 50mm Pentax Takumar f1.4 SMC which I use in low light and portrait work.
My favorites include the Minolta AF 2.8 mm and 100 macro's, Nikon 60 mm 2.8 D AF, and my all time favorite my manual focus Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZF.2 .
Jan 12, 2018 07:47:52 #
rdubreuil
Loc: Dummer, NH USA
Streets wrote:
Mine is my Minolta AF 50mm f3.5 Macro. I love this lens for copying slides and general photography. It is wicked sharp, no matter the f stop. A close contender is my 50mm Pentax Takumar f1.4 SMC which I use in low light and portrait work.
Hey Streets, I've got a couple fifties too. A Nikkor f/1.8d and f/1.4d. The 1.8d I got with the purchase of a Nikon D90 at a yard sale for $200 along with an SD card, battery and charger it was a sweet deal and I was pleasantly surprised at the lens's sharpness and color rendition. The 1.4d is a recent purchase from a UHH member which I've only had a week or two and haven't really had the chance to evaluate it compared to the 1.8. So at this point in time if I had to choose one as a favorite it would be the 1.8 as for me right now it's a known quantity.
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It is near impossible to find a 50mm lens that will not perform well. All 50mm lenses have low to imperceptible amounts of distortion and all of them are very well corrected optically.
The 50mm lens I use is the 1972 Nikon f1.4 S that I had converted to AI for use with my digital cameras.
The 50mm lens I use is the 1972 Nikon f1.4 S that I had converted to AI for use with my digital cameras.
Jan 12, 2018 09:24:00 #
peterg
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
I love my Sony 50mm e-mount. I love my Nikon 50mm F-mount. Luv 'em both. Do I have to choose? 
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BassmanBruce wrote:
My minolta 50mm f1.4.
I love the colors and it is very sharp.
I love the colors and it is very sharp.
Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux.
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