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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Nikon recently released their new 58mm/1.4G lens as a symbolic tribute to their older famous Noct-Nikkor 58mm/1.2 lens. Priced at $1,700, this new lens has generated a lot of discussion about the value this premium buys over Nikon's cheaper consumer-grade 50mm auto-focus lenses (50mm/1.4G, 50mm/1.4D and 50mm/1.8G).
This is a stunning night shot (supposedly, unedited) done with this lens on a D800 published on the Nikon Asia site (you can click on the photo to pixel-peep and see the actual image sharpness):
http://www.nikon-asia.com/tmp/asia/4...2954026035.jpg |
Maybe it's because I'm used to 12 megapixels and not 36, but that doesn't seem particularly good to me. If it's a wide open test or something it makes sense, but if that's at optimal aperture it's disappointing... in particular the comatic aberration is quite noticeable. Stop it down!