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Not too good for nikon eh
Date of Review: Apr 14, 2006
The Bottom Line: no recommendation for these two lenses
Ok lets see …
the 50mm AF-D nikon lenses, both f 1.4 and 1.8
suffer from some NONFOCUS as I call it.
They simply can go only so sharp and
Not any sharper.
this means, they are not resolving, and not sharp
even at smaller aps of about f 5.6 to f 11 or so.
quite unfortunate, bec i have
experiemented with these 2 AF D lenses..
on same slide film, same camera, AGAINST
a very old Nikkor f 2.0 manual ais lens
and that old ais lens won out in sharpness.
ya ya.. photoshop unsharpening filter can do
a bit of something abt it.. but.....
no comparison, sirs..
This is no laughing matter, as you note from around
1980 or so.. lens qualities, camera qualities, etc
have all come tumbling down year to year.
( mostly ...not always of course )
nikon do make and still remember
HOW to make sharper and better lenses, but
They insist on smaller production and MORE money from you.
Their better lenses usually end up costing over 400 dollars
or far more. by the way, do be careful
of nikon compatible lenses too of course.
I prefer TOKINA all the time. In most cases,
They are Sharper than nikon anyways. Unless you don't
Mind paying almost usd 1000 for the nikon.. ya.
Do note how TOKINA STarted by the way..
Look it up. Disgruntled nikon staff seem to have
Started this company. Good for them and us !
one can also check out ALL MTF curves for all lenses
on nikon site.
http://www.nikon-image.com/jpn/products/af_nikkor/index.htm
if you can..
they openly admit and show these extremely LOW curves,
at least for these 2 lenses. at least they are honest, eh?
Have fun
Seek around and try many things
k
Adorama
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