The Nikon 50 mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor is one of Nikon's 50 mm lenses. A 50 mm prime lens is the normal lens for the 35 mm format. On a Nikon DX format DSLR, a 50 mm lens is cropped to the angle of a view of a short telephoto lens (~75 mm equivalent; field-of-view crop is 1.54). Prime lenses can be cheaper and easier to manufacture than zoom lenses and may have better optical characteristics compared with zoom lenses of comparable price. The combinatio...
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The Nikon 50 mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor is one of Nikon's 50 mm lenses. A 50 mm prime lens is the normal lens for the 35 mm format. On a Nikon DX format DSLR, a 50 mm lens is cropped to the angle of a view of a short telephoto lens (~75 mm equivalent; field-of-view crop is 1.54). Prime lenses can be cheaper and easier to manufacture than zoom lenses and may have better optical characteristics compared with zoom lenses of comparable price. The combination of low cost and high optical quality makes this a popular lens among many photographers. When used on DX format cameras the resulting angle of view along with its large aperture also make it a lens suitable for portraiture.
The lack of an internal autofocus motor means that this lens can only use manual focus on entry level cameras such as the D40 or D60.
With a reverse coupler, one can also reverse mount this lens on to a camera or reverse mount it in front of another lens to use it for macro shots.
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