What is your favorite 50-55mm prime lens? (Page 2): 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.

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Jan 11, 2018 21:35:36 #

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

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.

Jan 12, 2018 06:29:49 #

par4fore Loc: Bay Shore N.Y.

50 1.2. AIs, 55 2.8 AIs

Jan 12, 2018 06:45:05 #

jeweler53

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.

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

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:

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.

Jan 12, 2018 07:54:09 #

Robert Bailey Loc: Canada

Sigma 50 mm f 1.4 (in a Nikon mount).
It is the sharpest lens I own.

Jan 12, 2018 08:29:49 #

cmcaroffino Loc: Sebring, FL

Nikon 55mm 2.8ais micro like an 82.5mm on my D7200

Jan 12, 2018 08:34:21 #

Muskrat

Canon 50mm 1.2, no doubt.

Jan 12, 2018 08:37:05 #

ksmmike

Voigtlander 58mm 1.4. It's an incredible lens, but manual focus so many overlook it.

Jan 12, 2018 08:48:58 #

Jack 13088 Loc: Central NY

leica summicron 50mm f2. Nostalgia? Damn straight!

Jan 12, 2018 09:16:46 #

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

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.

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?