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Are you still using the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D lens?


4 years 6 months ago #659652 by Chris Curran
It's been years since I have owned a 50mm lens.  I had stopped using mine, and ended up giving the lens to a friend who was starting out.  Some friends and I have decided for October the monthly challenge will be to only used a 50mm.  Which means I need to buy one.  

Remind me, what is the difference between D and G version of this lens?  There seems to be only a $75 price gap, which isn't much.  I'll probably end up getting the G, but till I actually hit the 'buy now' button, I'm going to ask.  Thanks!
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4 years 6 months ago - 4 years 6 months ago #659653 by Nikon Shooter
The "D" has an aperture ring as the "G" is controlled
by the front wheel on the body.
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 6 months ago #659656 by Nikon Shooter
All "G"s are new designed "D".
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 6 months ago #659673 by effron
Yes.
Why so serious?
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4 years 6 months ago #659674 by effron
I actually have both and still use the "D" version as often as my "G".
Why so serious?
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4 years 6 months ago #659695 by garyrhook
Effron can correct me if any of this is wrong.

The G lenses are redesigned, and usually have more performant AF. For example, my 85 f/1.4D is rather slow to focus. The G, not so much.

The D might have an aperture ring, but that will do you no good on a modern body. The D lenses have to be moved to the smallest aperture and locked so that the camera can control the blades. Otherwise, you get ERR.

The 50 is the exception: It's a simple lens, and the newer version is not much more expensive than the older.  If a 50 is something you don't use, and don't need the AF speed, pick up an old one. Otherwise, it makes sense to get the newer model.

Not one of the other Nikon lenses suffers from these same parameters, IIRC, if you can make a valid comparison. Many of the newer primes are faster, too. For example, I'll stick to my 20mm f/2.8D, which I got for $200. I don't need the 20mm f/1.8G at $775.
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4 years 6 months ago #659711 by Robert Hardy
D's had crappy bokeh too if I recall correctly.  
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4 years 6 months ago #659754 by garyrhook

Robert Hardy wrote: D's had crappy bokeh too if I recall correctly.  


Do you mean the 50, or all D model lenses?
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4 years 6 months ago #659856 by effron
Yes Hook, my G 50 is a lot faster to focus and I think its lens coatings are improved. The "D" model does not have poor bokeh though, but is at times a bit clumsy like you state... but sometimes an old film veteran still likes to have an aperture ring in case the lens reversing bug sets in.....:dry:
My micro 200 f/4 is a "D" lens that's never been updated by Nikon in almost thirty years, and its slow but a very fine lens.
Why so serious?
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4 years 6 months ago #660526 by Amy Porter
200mm prime? 
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4 years 6 months ago #660545 by effron

Amy Porter wrote: 200mm prime? 


Yes, it is.
Why so serious?
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4 years 6 months ago #660945 by Nikon Shooter
I own quite a few primes but the 50mm is not
among them… no use for it.
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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