Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 S Review
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The Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S is a high-quality lens with excellent sharpness and contrast. It has a smooth focus ring and great image quality with almost no faults.
The Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S is a high-quality lens with excellent sharpness and contrast. The lens is well-built with a large metallic focus ring that turns smoothly. The image quality is impressive, with sharpness and contrast being perfect straight from F 1.8.
Pros
- Excellent sharpness and contrast
- Smooth focus ring
- Great image quality
- Beautiful bokeh
Cons
- Heavy
- No image stabilization
The lens exhibits almost no focus breathing, making it suitable for video makers.
The Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S is a high-quality lens that offers excellent sharpness and contrast. The lens is well-built with a large metallic focus ring that turns smoothly. It is quite heavy at 415 grams but feels very high-quality. The optics are made up of twelve elements, which explains its complex and slightly large size. The lens has no image stabilization, but given that Nikons cameras have built-in image stabilization, this is not a significant downside. The lens exhibits almost no focus breathing, making it suitable for video makers. The motor is silent and works quickly, although there are quicker lenses available. The image quality is impressive, with sharpness and contrast being perfect straight from F 1.8. The lens performs well in aps-c mode and has minimal distortion and vignetting. The bokeh is beautiful, with little to no chromatic aberration. Overall, the Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S is a highly recommended lens and worth the investment.
The bokeh is beautiful, with little to no chromatic aberration.
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Christopher Frost
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