11/1/2023 0 Comments Flickr 50mm 1.2![]() ![]() Amongst them, there is quite an interesting prime: an ultra-high-speed 50mm f/1.2 Ai-S. They can all be purchased brand new in the US with a regular Nikon Warranty. Surprisingly, these lenses are still in production today in the “Land of the Rising Sun”. If you browse through Nikon’s catalog, you will realize that the company actually has 8 manual focus lenses in their line-up ranging from a 20mm f/2.8 to a Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8. This was my first contact with these old Nikkor Ai-S lenses. ![]() ![]() When I received the lens, I was totally amazed by its high quality, intrinsic beauty and special craftsmanship. The reviews I read about it were interesting and convincing, so I decided to order one new from the US, because it was not available in Canada. At that time, I was looking for a 28mm prime and although Nikon had launched a new 28mm f/1.8G in April of that year, I opted for an all-manual f/2.8 Ai-S lens. In fact, I was longing for that since the summer of 2012. When I read a few weeks ago at Photography Life that Nasim wanted to review some of the Nikkor Ai-S manual focus lenses, I was really pleased by the idea. So in a way, this is a collaborative effort between the two of us. ![]() Christian accepted the challenge and we both agreed that it could be a good idea if we both worked on it – I would provide all-optical test results, while he would write the text and provide sample images. After a couple of emails back and forth, I requested him to write a review of the lens, so that we could share it with our readers. A quick note from Nasim: while I was going through testing some of the older manual focus lenses (including the 50mm f/1.2 Ai-S), Christian contacted me via email and sent some of his thoughts on the lens. This is a detailed review of the classic Nikon NIKKOR 50mm f/1.2 Ai-S by one of our readers, Christian Duguay from Montreal, Canada. ![]()
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