Lens making is an art – Nikon artisans craft Nikkor optics from the finest materials, taking pride in adding their intellect and technique to bring the world’s finest lenses to life. They push the leading edge of lens making, harder and harder, in their effort to provide the “glass” that makes the world’s greatest pictures.PRODUCT FEATURES:D-type lens design provides distance information as part of flash and ambient light exposure processes;Classic normal lens provides speed and compact design;Multi-layer coating minimizes flare and ghosting;Exceptionally lightweight and compact – ideal for travel photography;Stops down to f/22 for excellent depth-of-field control.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Favorite lens in my kit
I use this lens the most out of all my lenses. Ironic that it is also the cheapest lens. I have a nikon d-50 witch lets this lens have the auto-focus work great with it most of the time. It has a bit of trouble auto-foucusing in low light, but is great most of the time. For the price this lens cant be beat and should be in every photographers kit.

5 Stars Great Lens for a Beginner!
In September 2009, I bought a Nikon D3000, my first SLR. I am an avid amateur photographer, and was incredibly excited about my new purchase. My best friend is a great photographer and bought me this lens, telling me that the lenses that came with the camera were junk.

Well, I’m pleased with the lenses that came with the camera, but they don’t hold a candle to this one. I’m consistently impressed with the stunning pictures that I get with this lens. I’ve used it for just about everything I’ve taken pictures of, along with the automatic lens that came with the package. When comparing the same pictures from the two different lenses, this one wins every time.

I’m still learning to get it in focus every time I use it, and I’m not great with action shots with it yet, but it’s a great lens for a new SLR user.

4 Stars Love it!!!
Great lens for the price. I do alot of indoor pictures. Minus a star for no AF with my D60, but that was due to my failure to research the compatibility with my camera. The AF function does, however, work great on my dad’s D3000. I am partial to Nikon products, though.

5 Stars Dyno-mite!
This little lens is great! I received it as a gift for Christmas for my Nikon D90. It is wonderful for portraits and low light. It focuses wonderfully. Couldn’t be happier.

5 Stars Get what you pay for? No, you get MUCH MUCH MORE!
I’ve been eyeballing this lens for months now, and I got it for Christmas four days ago. My first impression of this lens when I took it out of the box was, “Wow, this thing is tiny!” Short and simple: you get a lot of bang for your buck with this lens.

As just about anyone who has ever reviewed this lens will tell you, yes, it is a little “soft” at f/1.8, but I’ve found that this is very flattering for portraits. You stop it back to even f/2.8 and any complaints will be gone with the wind while still providing you with a razor-thin DOF.

My biggest concern with this lens before receiving it was the little aperture ring. I wasn’t around back in the day of manually setting f-stops, so I was concerned that I would have to manually adjust it. This was not the case, however. It comes set to f/22, and your camera will stop it down at the turn of a forefinger dial just as it will any other lens.

Short and simple: Buy it, you won’t regret it.

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Lens making is an art – Nikon artisans craft Nikkor optics from the finest materials, taking pride in adding their intellect and technique to bring the world’s finest lenses to life. They push the leading edge of lens making, harder and harder, in their effort to provide the “glass” that makes the world’s greatest pictures.PRODUCT FEATURES:D-type lens design provides distance information as part of flash and ambient light exposure processes;Classic normal lens provides speed and compact design;Multi-layer coating minimizes flare and ghosting;Exceptionally lightweight and compact – ideal for travel photography;Stops down to f/22 for excellent depth-of-field control.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Beyond Perfection
I purchased this 50mm f/1.8 prime lens when I bought my Nikon D90 DSLR. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, given that you “zoom with your feet” so to get the photo you want, you physically move to the spot necessary to frame the shot as desired. I absolutely adore this lens. Lightweight, small, produces precise, crisp photos and lovely bokeh. My family traveled across 4 countries in 3 weeks this summer and I brought the Nikon D90, the kit lens that came with the camera, and this lens. I wound up using the 50mm f/1.8 almost every day! I switched to the other lens only to take photos of large buildings that were fairly close to me for example (in other words, using the 50mm, I wouldn’t be able to get the entire building in the frame). My subjects include our garden, our kids, our dog, architecture, fabric. The Sony D90 with this lens captures indoor subjects with natural light unbelievably well. Good luck with this lens, you will be thrilled with it!

4 Stars 50mm 1.8D Nikkor AF
My favorite lens its picture quality and compact size.

In a DX camera you will be looking into a 75mm 1.8; You couldn’t find a better portrait lens!!

Build quality is below average. The lens barrel feels plasticky and flimsy – the “Made in China” tag seems to explain all.

Fortunately the picture quality seems pretty good.

At this price – this is a steal!!

5 Stars The Best Value Lens You Can Buy
There are no words to describe how much better my pictures got after using this lens

If you’re an amateur, and need a lens to focus on the subject and leave the rest of the photo slightly out of focus….you need this lens

the depth of field is great, low light shots are great, and for around 120 bucks, what’s not to love??

4 Stars Great lens for day to day usage
We were looking for a lens that would allow day to day pics with good quality. We bought this based one of our friends loving it. It does take getting used to (for the amateur like me) when you come from a lens that allows zooming. But the pics are great. We used it at a baptism and you get amazing shots. We use it on our D70s. The lens is small, light and perfect for day to day usages. I would recommend this lens as it is an excellent lens for the money it costs.

5 Stars Can’t get anything better
I would suggest that this is a must lens for everyone using an SLR camera. It is great for indoors as well as outdoors. Be ready to walk a lot with this lens because it does not have a zoom. f/1.8 gives a great depth of field as well as superior speed. I won’t suggest this if you do a lot of indoor photography and you have a APS-C sensor camera (for example D300,D-90,D-80,D-60 etc) because 50mm sometimes is too much zoom for indoor spaces.

To conclude: If you are interested in buying this lens… Do it right now.

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