Opinions of the Nikkor 50mm f/1.2

[tribal.snake]

Can anyone share their opinions about this lens?
Am looking for reviews about the performance of the lens.

for constructive talk, no suggestions about other lenses.

[lsisaxon]

Originally Posted by tribal.snake Can anyone share their opinions about this lens? Am looking for reviews about the performance of the lens. for constructive talk, no suggestions about other lenses.

It's quite soft wide open, otherwise a sharp lens. Some CA is evident.

[TMC]

bokeh is excellent. sharp enough wide open, but the DOF is so thin that most will be challenged to get it right.

[lsisaxon]

Originally Posted by TMC bokeh is excellent. sharp enough wide open, but the DOF is so thin that most will be challenged to get it right.

It's makes it very easy to focus though... but I agree it's quite challenging, you have to be quite still, otherwise the focus point will shift if you moved when shooting at f/1.2. I believe the Canon 50/1.0L will be even more challenging..

[TMC]

Originally Posted by lsisaxon It's makes it very easy to focus though... but I agree it's quite challenging, you have to be quite still, otherwise the focus point will shift if you moved when shooting at f/1.2. I believe the Canon 50/1.0L will be even more challenging..

but then it is a sweeeeeeeeeet lens.

[tribal.snake]

thanks for the info, not much i can find off the web.
thinking of giving this a try, the 1.8 does not suit my purpose and the 1.4 is quite a letdown.

the dof part would be quite challenging.

[calebk]

Originally Posted by tribal.snake thanks for the info, not much i can find off the web. thinking of giving this a try, the 1.8 does not suit my purpose and the 1.4 is quite a letdown. the dof part would be quite challenging.

Wow. What are you shooting that even the f/1.4 version can disappoint?

[Tetrode]

I regret selling away mine. It has very good bokeh. I'm thinking of getting another one.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Tetrode I regret selling away mine. It has very good bokeh. I'm thinking of getting another one.

same here I am thinking of asking my friend to get one for me from JP.

[Tetrode]

Originally Posted by TMC same here I am thinking of asking my friend to get one for me from JP.

Huh? You no longer in Jp?

[imar]

hmm..how much would it cost ?

[Tetrode]

Originally Posted by imar hmm..how much would it cost ?

IIRC, it was about $500-600 in Jpn.

[jocs]

hehe...i also planning to get one also...

[TMC]

somewhere about there. but I am in no hurry to get one. Will inform when I am ready.

[tribal.snake]

got a job to shoot some stuff at night spots. some stuff got to be discrete where preferably i was told to use no flash, god knows why and how i gonna do it. so i am looking for a really fast lens

so... f1.8 not good enough wide open, can't capture the lights.
f1.4 gave me very strange bokeh or werid lights, the halo light around a person was ridiculous
did some research and came up with the f1.2, and was told that the lens is real soft wide open. hopefully the halo effect would soften up

[tribal.snake]

which one? the 1.4 or the 1.2?

Originally Posted by Tetrode IIRC, it was about $500-600 in Jpn.

[Tetrode]

Originally Posted by tribal.snake which one? the 1.4 or the 1.2?

1.2 lah - it is the lens what we are discussing right?

[tribal.snake]

then that's cheap, CP quoted me at 880.

[Tetrode]

Originally Posted by tribal.snake then that's cheap, CP quoted me at 880.

This is why I bought a significant number of my lenses over there.

[Yatlapball]

You're lucky to be able to travel often to Japan.