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Pre-Photokina 2008: Nikon has today announced a new standard prime lens, the AF-S Nikkor 50mm F1.4G. Headlining the new features is a built-in Silent Wave Motor which enables autofocus with the D60/D40x/D40 DSLRs, but the lens also boasts a brand-new optical system with 8 elements in 7 groups for improved image quality, a circular aperture diaphragm for more attractive background blur, and a barrel design which does not change length on focusing. The lens will be available from December 2008. ==== Circular Aperture? Hrm. Old lens is circular wide open... -------- Nice to see an AF-S update to the primes, but not too useful, since only the D40/D60 need AF-S, and this is not a 'standard' lens for those cameras, it is an awkward mid-telephoto. They needed a 1.4 DX prime at 30mm or less for the neutered cameras, but I guess they couldn't compete with Sigma??
Manual focus does look lacking, a bigger window and lots of precision would be nice because with short DOF the camera doesn't know what you want to focus on anyway...
Hopefully the optics will equal or even be sharper than the AF lens it is replacing, it got soft and lost contrast wide open.
Gimme a 8mm non-fisheye @ 1.4 for DX without going purple in the corners....that would be a defining moment to bring back the Canon converts.
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