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Great Bang for the Buck Prime Lens!
Haven't shot Primes in awhile. But find use cases where they are king. Experience with the Nikon 50mm f1.8D and 50mm f1.8G. Put never used enough so usually ended up selling them for cash towards other lenses.
But do find a need time to time for using a prime. Looking at the Nikon 50mm f1.8G it is the top of the heap. But at $200+ kind of hard for me to justify for the times I do need a prime. So reading great reviews of this lens decided to give it a go.
This lens is as good as the Nikon 50mm f1.8D that costs almost 2x the price of this lens. But is a step down from the Nikon $200+ G version of this lens. Found the sharpness and bokeh as good of both other lenses. Where the G gives a tad more sharpness center of frame and significantly noticeable sharpness on edges of the frame. This lens has a bit of more softness as you move from the center.
Find this lens has a bit more chromatic aberrations then the Nikon versions. Not bad just more. Also this lens doesn't handle flaring or directional light sources as well. Flair control is better on both of the other Nikon versions. Using a screw on Hood or even the Nikon Hood from the G version will fit on this lens. Will help some with minimizing flaring.
But starting out with a Prime lens. I can highly recommend it. As for 2/3rds of prime lens purchasers end up using lightly or end up not using as time goes by. As prime lens require your feet to be your zoom. And more thought in composition of an image. Sometimes time constraint or environment precludes using a specific prime. Which means for all shooting stuck with carrying 3 or 4 primes at all times and able to switch them on the fly. Where many prefer just using a fast f2.8 zoom of the range they need. But price is significantly more costly for those benefits.
This is where the cheaper primes vs. more expensive f2.8 zooms gives you the superior in sharpness shallow depth of field and creamy types of bokeh for much less of a price. And that's where lenses like this Yongnuo 50mm f1.8N really shines! Great Price giving Great Performance to Price experience.
But do find a need time to time for using a prime. Looking at the Nikon 50mm f1.8G it is the top of the heap. But at $200+ kind of hard for me to justify for the times I do need a prime. So reading great reviews of this lens decided to give it a go.
This lens is as good as the Nikon 50mm f1.8D that costs almost 2x the price of this lens. But is a step down from the Nikon $200+ G version of this lens. Found the sharpness and bokeh as good of both other lenses. Where the G gives a tad more sharpness center of frame and significantly noticeable sharpness on edges of the frame. This lens has a bit of more softness as you move from the center.
Find this lens has a bit more chromatic aberrations then the Nikon versions. Not bad just more. Also this lens doesn't handle flaring or directional light sources as well. Flair control is better on both of the other Nikon versions. Using a screw on Hood or even the Nikon Hood from the G version will fit on this lens. Will help some with minimizing flaring.
But starting out with a Prime lens. I can highly recommend it. As for 2/3rds of prime lens purchasers end up using lightly or end up not using as time goes by. As prime lens require your feet to be your zoom. And more thought in composition of an image. Sometimes time constraint or environment precludes using a specific prime. Which means for all shooting stuck with carrying 3 or 4 primes at all times and able to switch them on the fly. Where many prefer just using a fast f2.8 zoom of the range they need. But price is significantly more costly for those benefits.
This is where the cheaper primes vs. more expensive f2.8 zooms gives you the superior in sharpness shallow depth of field and creamy types of bokeh for much less of a price. And that's where lenses like this Yongnuo 50mm f1.8N really shines! Great Price giving Great Performance to Price experience.
27/03/2023
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