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05/09/2007 03:17:05 PM · #1 |
Having a blonde moment!
I have had a Nikon Lense 50mm 1:1.4 for several years now and haven't used it yet...can anyone tell me what it's good for, the pros and cons...be greatly appreciated and I might even use it one day!
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05/09/2007 03:22:05 PM · #2 |
| This is what it can be used for. |
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05/09/2007 03:23:04 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Natasha:
Having a blonde moment! I have had a Nikon Lense 50mm 1:1.4 for several years now and haven't used it yet...can anyone tell me what it's good for, the pros and cons...be greatly appreciated and I might even use it one day! |
You WHAT! My 50mm 1.8 is my walking lens since it's nice and sharp.
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05/09/2007 03:23:53 PM · #4 |
Natasha, that lens could be quite versatile. It is an f1.4 lens, which makes it very good in low light situations. Even stopped down a couple (commonly done to enhance sharpness), you still let in a lot of light. The large aperture also allows for smaller depth of field, which can be used to great effect in portraits. These lenses used to be the workhorses in the film era. The angle of view that this focal length sees approximates what the human eye perceives. Of course, on a digital SLR with a crop factor, that focal length now becomes longer and the field of view narrower.
Uses of the lens: portraits, indoor basketball (dimly lit gymnasiums!), etc. |
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05/09/2007 03:27:01 PM · #5 |
| Just keep in mind that the really old manual focus Nikon lenses don't have cut-outs for the metering contacts that the newer cameras have, and will damage a Nikon dSLR if you try to mount it. You should post the full model number of the lens. |
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05/09/2007 03:30:21 PM · #6 |
Great-thank you!! I got the lense with a Nikon F100 which I bought years ago-recently sold the camera and lense but lense is slightly faulty and so returned to me..(Happy about that now!) Definitely worth fixing and using! Thanks for the link and all the info! just need a digital SLR now!
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05/09/2007 04:02:16 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Natasha:
Great-thank you!! I got the lense with a Nikon F100 which I bought years ago-recently sold the camera and lense but lense is slightly faulty and so returned to me..(Happy about that now!) Definitely worth fixing and using! Thanks for the link and all the info! just need a digital SLR now! |
A F100 is a modern SLR, so the lens will work fine on a Nikon dSLR. I have the 50mm f/1.8 (a bit slower than yours), and it's a great lens, fast and very sharp.
typo...
Message edited by author 2007-05-09 16:03:31. |
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