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| Posted by jk: Thu Oct 17th, 2013 04:16 | 1st Post |
| 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
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Oct 17th, 2013 05:10 | 2nd Post |
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 Not sure where my 50mm is !!!!! Havent seen or used it for yonks. 
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| Posted by jk: Thu Oct 17th, 2013 10:38 | 3rd Post |
| I can sell you one. I have a 50mm f1.8 AFD, 50mm f1.4 AF and a 50mm f1.2 MF I know which ones are my favourites! The older more metal bodied lenses.
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| Posted by richw: Mon Oct 21st, 2013 07:00 | 4th Post |
Eric wrote: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 It must be catching - I've lost my 50mm also.
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| Posted by TomOC: Mon Oct 21st, 2013 18:21 | 5th Post |
I have one of the old 1.4's out there some where  ...some where...
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| Posted by TomOC: Mon Oct 21st, 2013 18:23 | 6th Post |
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 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
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| Posted by Eric: Tue Oct 22nd, 2013 07:24 | 7th Post |
TomOC wrote:jk wrote: 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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| Posted by Gilbert Sandberg: Tue Oct 22nd, 2013 13:33 | 8th Post |
| re: as a great portrait lens? I wonder who thought of this one. Could any owner of a current (USD 300-1000) DX camera be seduced into spending USD 1500-2000 for a single lens ??? Regards, Gilbert (who does no even know where all his different 50 1.4 lenses are hanging out)
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| Posted by jk: Tue Oct 22nd, 2013 17:08 | 9th Post |
| Personally even on DX cameta a 50/55mm f1.2 or f1.4 lens is less good than a 70-90mm f2 lens for portraiture. I also think that a shorter than normal point of minimum focal is essential for portraits. So a 150mm f2.8 macro such as the Sigma lens is more useful on a FX camera but this is too long on a DX camera.
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| Posted by Eric: Wed Oct 23rd, 2013 15:08 | 10th Post |
Gilbert Sandberg wrote:re: as a great portrait lens? Yes, that price difference puts it in perspective. I guess I was hoping for a pro DX body. But as JK suggests, there are much cheaper more flexible alternative which may suffice.
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| Posted by jk: Wed Oct 23rd, 2013 18:16 | 11th Post |
| I really do think if the D400 or the like doesnt surface by Jan2014 then we can forget DX in a professional body. At that point it will be a choice of D7100 or D5300.
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| Posted by amazing50: Thu Oct 24th, 2013 01:18 | 12th Post |
| Thinking of a D5300 and a nikor 18-300mm zoom as a travel camera.
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