When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Sample galleryThis widget is not optimized for RSS feed readers. Click here to open it in a new browser window / tab. When Nikon announced its Nikkor 50mm F1.
4 lens earlier this year, the company implied that it and its 35mm sibling prioritized character over absolute sharpness, unlike Nikon's 'S' series lenses.
To get a sense of what that means, we've shot a sample gallery with it, including a few series of images that illustrate its vignetting and longitudinal chromatic aberration performance at different apertures.
This isn't a lens review by any means, but it's clear that wide open, the 50mm F1. 4 has a lot of vignetting and longitudinal chromatic aberration. Whether that's a good or a bad thing likely depends on whether you view those as character or flaws. However, its price is less subjective: the 50mm F1. 4 retails for $496, around $130 less than Nikon's slower 50mm F1. 8 S model.
If you want to see how it compares to Nikon's 50mm F1. 4 from the DSLR age, we've done a comparison article, which you can read here.
Click here to see the sample gallery
. dpreview.com2024-12-8 17:00
