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<blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 612451" data-attributes="member: 7240"><p>Short version: Get the 50/1.8G.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Long version:</p><p></p><p>50mm f/1.8D dates back to the low resolution film era. It produces rather low contrast, soft, milky image at larger apertures and pretty ugly busy double-line bokeh at all apertures. Its build quality is also the worst of any Nikkor ever built.</p><p></p><p>Nikon's 50mm f/1.8G probably delivers the best overall image quality of any Nikon 50mm lens, it is sharper than 50/1.4G. Nasim Mansurov rates it very high: <a href="https://photographylife.com/reviews/nikon-50mm-f1-8g/" target="_blank">https://photographylife.com/reviews/nikon-50mm-f1-8g/</a></p><p></p><p>That said, I don't own any of the aforementioned lenses. I have Nikon's manual focus AIS 50/1.2 and AI 50/1.8 (much better than AIS 50/1.8 which is optically the same as AF 50/1.8D) and has probably the best bokeh of any Nikon 50mm. I also have the neo-Noct 58mm f/1.4G.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pforsell, post: 612451, member: 7240"] Short version: Get the 50/1.8G. Long version: 50mm f/1.8D dates back to the low resolution film era. It produces rather low contrast, soft, milky image at larger apertures and pretty ugly busy double-line bokeh at all apertures. Its build quality is also the worst of any Nikkor ever built. Nikon's 50mm f/1.8G probably delivers the best overall image quality of any Nikon 50mm lens, it is sharper than 50/1.4G. Nasim Mansurov rates it very high: [URL]https://photographylife.com/reviews/nikon-50mm-f1-8g/[/URL] That said, I don't own any of the aforementioned lenses. I have Nikon's manual focus AIS 50/1.2 and AI 50/1.8 (much better than AIS 50/1.8 which is optically the same as AF 50/1.8D) and has probably the best bokeh of any Nikon 50mm. I also have the neo-Noct 58mm f/1.4G. [/QUOTE]
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