Nikon 50mm f/1.2 Nikkor AI-S

The lens is very fast. If you want a shallow depth of field this is the best lens you can find. I read a mixed bag of reviews here and the people seem to either love it or hate it. The ones that hate it all complain that it is soft - clearly they don't...

This is a truly amazing lens when used properly. At wide apertures, focus is absolutely critical due to the very shallow depth of field. I have made beautiful photographs with this lens. The images have a rich, full, almost "3D" quality which is really...

I bought it second hand, convinced by it s fair price. The first test revealed that the Nikkor 50mm f 1,4 AI-S I already owned was better wide opened. The Nikkor AI-S 50mm f 1,2 is quite soft at 1,2....due to the coma and the spherical aberration that...

If you want sharpness, great contrast & color and straight lines in your photos, this ain't it!! I've got both the 1.2 and the 1.8 AIS (1981-1985 version). The 1.8 is truly unbelievable. The 1.8 will blow you off your feet regarding it's performance....

Not a good fast lens. f1.2 and f1.4 are very poor. Internal flare is terrible. Ghosting is terrible. Not the low light tool you'd expect. Should evaluate other lenses.

After using this lens I understood why people would pay $500 for a f/1.2 MF Nikkor rather than $100 for a f/1.8 AF Nikkor! The contrast and sharpness are absolutely fantastic. The bokeh is great as well. I used Fuji 200 Superia and Fuji 100 Pro Plus...

I only used this lense a short while, but I liked it very much. It's a fat and heavy little bugger and larger than the 50mm f/1.4 AF version. There was nothing in performance that would keep me from buying or using the lense again. I just like the...

This lens looks wonderful, is beautifully made and performs wonderfully well under almost all conditions. Its speed is a real bonus, bright viewfinder image and useful in poor light and for selective focus. It amazes me that some users say that this...

Actually, I have its' predecessor, the 55mm Nikkor f/1.2 AI/S. I use it on my N90s and (especially) my Fuji S1 Pro dSLR with fantastic results, scooping up night racing shots with the minimum 320 ISO of the S1 Pro and f/1.2 aperture with no blue...

I am sure the reason why people get this lens is not because it is the most 'sanely' expensive normal nikkor, if som they would have gone for the noct nikkor. The reason is to snatch a picture, a usable picture under low light conditions where a slower...