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jk wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/10/17/nikon-invokes-spirit-of-noctilux-with-58mm-f-1-4g-premium-lens?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=mainmenu&utm_medium=text&ref=mainmenu
The new top end standard lens from Nikon.
Nikon 58mm f1.4 AFS G If you have the 50mm then it may not interest you.
BTW There is a rumour that there is a f1.2 lens coming :-O
The seem to be billing it as a great portrait lens?
Maybe on a DX body, but I really prefer either 85mm or 105mm for portraits, but that's just me
Yes I agree. When one recalls the good old days before zooms, the 50mm supplied with cameras was often replaced with a 35mm for landscapes and a 90mm for portraits. At least that's what I had for some years when I first started.
This fact, and the arrival of zooms, retired the basic 50mm lens from my use. One always hankered for the super fast 50mm lens...but in practise it was a twixt and between focal length.
Perhaps with the DX effect it may find a use again.
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Eric