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50mm 1.4G Nikkor Release

This is a discussion on 50mm 1.4G Nikkor Release within the Camera equipment & accessories forums, part of the Education & Technical category; Ok. Has this thing officially launched? I have already paid for mine and it still says backordered but I also ...

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    Ok. Has this thing officially launched? I have already paid for mine and it still says backordered but I also see everywhere that it is not released yet.

    Anyone know for sure?

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    Hmm..I have a 50 mm 1.4G

    Not to sure if it's the same thing or not..got it in Oct...

    Good luck!

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    It's now listed on Nikon canada's website so it should be making it's way around.

    kat - sure yours isn't 50mm 1.4d? I don't think the 1.4G wasn't introduced until photokina


    Midforge - aside from AFS i haven't read much about any IQ difference from the new one to the old one..

    Have you looked at the bulky Sigma 50mm 1.4 (72mm size)? I think this one's a rare case of outperform the Nikkors on the MTF charts...

    just throwing it out there cause your waiting on the back order..........
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    The Sigma 50mm 1.4 HSM is a great lens.

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    Across the board this 50mm 1.4g has been rated as the top lens in its class. I think it has a 9.5 out of 10 on SLRgear.com. I really like to use SLRGear.com because they don't just rate something - they run it through a battery of testing. I think it is the highest lens I have ever seen rated minus the high end $5,000+ zooms.

    I am going to check out the Sigma 50mm 1.4 HSM though. Thanks.

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    Ha ha..yah I meant I had the 50mm 1.4d

    Great lens..although I find it hard to use on my kids as the just move to fast for me to manual focus it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mindforge View Post
    Across the board this 50mm 1.4g has been rated as the top lens in its class. I think it has a 9.5 out of 10 on SLRgear.com. I really like to use SLRGear.com because they don't just rate something - they run it through a battery of testing. I think it is the highest lens I have ever seen rated minus the high end $5,000+ zooms.

    I am going to check out the Sigma 50mm 1.4 HSM though. Thanks.
    check out the mtf's though


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    I looked at a list of identical shots made with each with the same crops. About a half dozen images or so and the Nikkor G-lens outperformed that sigma every time in image quality.

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