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Nikon Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:39 pm    Post subject: Nikon Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS Reply with quote
All shoots are wide open!
full size images




Last edited by Attila on Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:38 am; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like what I can see from here!
Do you have links to the original sizes?


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not uploaded yet I will link to here when it is ready.


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/v/japenese/nikon_nikkor/nikon_nikkor_50mm_f1_2/


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great DoF! Fantastic images. I really like the personality of the lens.


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
OK, I have to admit that looking at the pics at full size I'm not so impressed by the wide open performance.
I have a Nikkor 50/1.4 AIS (which I bought new some 15 years ago) whose performance is astounding even wide open (manual focus of course), I consider it one of my best of all lenses.
This 50/1.2 seems surely like a good quality lens stopped down, but it does not seem to perform like the 50/1.4 AIS so if I had to advice for the purchase of a Nikkor 50mm lens, I think I would still advice for the 50/1.4 AIS manual. Of course in some dark evenings situation the half stop faster 50/1.2 may still become very useful.

Oh by the way, excellent portraits in pics #1 #3 #6 by the master of portraits Smile


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I suppose people not buy this kind of lenses for ultimate performance they buy for feeling they have something rare and expensive.Many of Leica lenses are also not better than competitors just more expensive. In my opinion all Nikkor lenses are great you won't disappointed any of them.


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd like to agree to both of you. The performance wide open is not stellar, but this lens serves as some kind of status symbol which on the other hand provides the last bit (almost) of speed.

However, I like the personality of the lens (as far as I can tell from these pictures), since it grants the opportunity to shoot with a very shallow DoF and produces a rather smooth bokeh.

I think I would not buy it, because I would have to pay a lot, but if I had the chance to get it cheap, I would love to own it!


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have many of Nikkor 50mm lenses if I sell them I can cover this lens cost.I think I will keep this lens and Nikkor 50mm f2 AI. I sold already one of my copy of Nikkor 50mm f2.8 AIS and I kept a well used one.Nikkor 50mm f2 one of the sharpest Nikkor and you can get for low price.


PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Refreshed, I made some new captures today.
http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/v/japenese/nikon_nikkor/nikon_nikkor_50mm_f1_2/


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for all those samples Atla, but I tend to agree with the lightartist and the cookie about some softness. How does it do stopped down a bit? Completely agree on the 50/2 - it was a big surprise for me, and I think I sometimes prefer it to the awesome 50/1.4.


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If stopped down sharp as Nikkor 50mm f2, truly professional lens with excellent color rendering etc.

http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/v/japenese/nikon_nikkor/nikon_nikkor_50mm_f1_2/nikon-nikkor_50mm_f1_2-38_001.jpg.html

Around f2-f4.


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
Thanks for all those samples Atla, but I tend to agree with the lightartist and the cookie about some softness.


My name comes from ancient Greek and I'm not a stupid cookie, thanks for your understanding.


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio, don't be angry. I guess he wanted to pun on the American "Oreos".
But it's easy for me to talk, I am a "lightartist". Wink
(Which, btw, is a very good interpretation from Latin...)


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
Orio, don't be angry. I guess he wanted to pun on the American "Oreos".


I know, I found these in London, too.

I'm not very keen on name puns but I can accept them from persons I am in confidence with. My ex wife had a good Canadian friend and she used to call me cookie all the time. But we knew each other well (and she reasoned it by saying that I am sweet as a cookie). Wink

From persons I don't know I don't appreciate much this kind of name jokes. Call me a traditionalist, but I believe that there are steps to follow in the interpersonal relations. I know that young people today feel they can take all freedom of speech immediately with everyone. Being an old jerk, I still believe in the value of some rules and restrictions.
Wink


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila, that first pic, isn't that a still from the movie "Hostel"? Laughing

Some nice captures, thanks for sharing! Wink

Bill


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oreos

accept my apologies - I was only trying to be funny. As a newbie it was presumptuous of me. BTW I am probably old enough to be your father.
Regards

Patrick


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Unfortunately I never seen that movie.Did you seen some similar scene ?


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
Unfortunately I never seen that movie.Did you seen some similar scene ?


It's reminiscent of scenes of tools on tables used for dismantling certain
objects Surprised

Bill


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
Oreos
accept my apologies - I was only trying to be funny. As a newbie it was presumptuous of me. BTW I am probably old enough to be your father.
Regards
Patrick


Apologies accepted, Patrick.
My name is written "Orio".


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
Oreos

accept my apologies - I was only trying to be funny. As a newbie it was presumptuous of me. BTW I am probably old enough to be your father.
Regards

Patrick


Gosh, unfortunate misspell there, Patrick. It's simply "Orio" however,
there's nothing simple about our Orio. Wink Also, true acts of contrition
involve giving up a pinkie finger, their custom, not ours. Laughing Orio, is
45, last time we checked, so you would have to be towards 70, unless
you're talking about an Ozark marriage...

Are you from the Portland area? I was born there, but grew up in a town
in northern Idaho.

Welcome to the forum!

Bill


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Welcome to the forum from my part too, Patrick.
Looking forward to see your photographs and read your contributions.


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
Being an old jerk, I still believe in the value of some rules and restrictions.


Careful, man! If you're an old jerk, what does that make me? Smile BTW, I agree about old-fashioned manners and respect.

patrickh wrote:
I am probably old enough to be your father.


Does that mean I'm not the oldest here any longer? All the best Patrick, and welcome.


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
My name comes from ancient Greek


Snap! I think mine does too. Petros = stone, or rock


PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
And mine ?! Very Happy
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