Amazing performance and I really surprised with this lens, beautiful bokeh (deep of field), sharp, smooth autofocus and many more advantages for half of the price of the Nikon 50mm. This lens is really the way to go if you are on a small budget.

Better than my Nikon lenses! Very user friendly and perfect for someone just getting into photography. Perfect for photographing kids and pets!

I use this lens on my Nikon D80 and D5000, and I love the images that it produces. All around great midrange lens. I carry with me when hiking for those pictures that my 70-300mm lens is too much.

I have purchased this lens for my Nikon D780. I was looking for a budget lens that i could used for portraits. The Yongnuo is a bit soft at f1.8, it shines at f2.8. It seems to have trouble picking up small subjects. It also hunts when shooting against backlit subjects. However, for the price, i am ok with that.

I liked it, too bad I don't have it anymore, but it's wild, I hope it can go down to its starting price..

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.

I got this lens to see if I wanted a 50mm 1.8 lens in the first place, figuring I'd replace it if I did. I've been pleasantly surprised by this little workhorse of a lens! I use it on a Nikon z5 with ftz mount and it performs very well for what it cost.

The body is not rugged, but it's a small lens so you're not likely to bang it around much. Focus is good, fairly fast (you're not going to be doing speed photography with this lens anyway). The images are clear, nice bokeh effects, decent for low light thanks to the 1.8 aperture. I use it for portraits, macros, and street photography mostly.

Cons: on my ftz-mount it occasionally stutters and gives an error, simply pushing the capture button clears this error, it hasn't been a problem. The bokeh effect can be quite pronounced and sharp, detracting from your subject, but paying attention and using your basic photographer skills can easily handle this.

For about $100 you can't go wrong. It's a perfect beginner lens to refine your skills and techniques before plunging into something higher quality.

I actually bought this 2 years ago and never left a review. This lens is incredibly good especially at the $75 price point. (I actually got mine for $62). I originally bought this because it peaked my interest given the low price, yet having an autofocus motor built in to the lens allowing af on all entry level Nikon bodies. The autofocus is not as fast as a 1.8G but it’s more than adequate for being a 1/4 of the cost. It does tend to hunt quite a bit in low light but if doing still portraits it’s not a huge deal. One con is it doesn’t have the same glass coatings as Nikons 50mm so shooting into light really washes the colors out and leaves terrible lens flares, but that’s a minor inconvenience given the price. I would easily recommend this lens to anyone. All photos we’re taken on a Nikon D2x and the yongnuo 50mm 1.8.

Wow this is my very first f1.8 50mm lens and if you are just getting started in photography this is the one for you! Its amazing and cheap lol

UPDATE! Bought it in 2019 its NOV 1st 2022 It still holds good and doing very well took over 100000 photos with it over the years! The photos are taken with the camera without any filters but using my Nikon D5500 with a little bit of settings on camera... (with flash included!)

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I came across this lens while doing some general browsing for Nikkor and Tamron lenses, and honestly could not believe the price when I first saw it. I figured it had to be some cheap plastic garbage for a toy camera, but then saw the lens had almost a full 5/5 stars with a good number of reviews, so I became intrigued. I looked through most of the reviews and some sample photos and decided to take a chance. With the price of lenses these days, the deal on a prime 50mm was just too good to pass up. I received the lens and was impressed right out of the gate. Rather than some cheap plastic piece of junk, the lens had a nice weight to it, felt well built, had clear class, and even came with some features you wouldn't expect on a $60 lens like a focus meter. I have some $300-400 lenses that don't even have that feature so it was a huge surprise.

When I took the lens out of the box I immediately put it on my D3400 just to figure out the quirks. One drawback I will admit right away is that the auto-focus motor is incredibly loud, so this most likely will not be great for video with all that noise in the background, which is a real shame because I found the video quality to be really solid for such a bargain lens. Honestly that was really my only complain, other than the AF being just a bit slow, but in all honesty if you are shooting with a 50mm prime you most likely aren't needing it for action shots. I carried this lens with me for 3 weeks and shot with nothing else, just to get a good feel for it, and got a really good group of photos. I've posted a few examples just so you can get an idea of how well the lens works. None of the images are post processed. The lens is sharp at F4 and above, and is amazing in low light situations. I even found it serviceable for night sky shots in northern Georgia(near Atlanta) where the light pollution is pretty awful. The 1.8 aperture lets in a ton of light. The biggest surprise though was how well this lens performs even at slow shutter speeds without a tripod. I posted a shot above with a smooth effect on a waterfall and that was taken at about 1/3rd of a second while standing on some rocks with water rushing by me on the other side. Shooting more open, you will get a nice background blur and some decent bokeh. I found this lens comparable to the 35mm prime Nikkor lens I have in terms of image quality, the Nikkor just beats it out by being a brand name and has a much quieter and faster autofocus, but it also cost me over $180 used in good condition.

Having shot with this lens now for a few weeks, it is certainly staying in my camera bag as I've found it to be a great lens and it has even made me consider checking out their 35mm prime, which is a bit more expensive, but I was super impressed with the quality of the Yungnuo right out of the box and it hasn't let me down yet. It takes sharp, crisp, photos, and whether you are just starting out with photography and bought your first DSLR, or you are a more seasoned photographer that is looking to pick up a prime lens to round out your collection, you really can't go wrong with this lens. At its current price point, for the quality of images it is capable of shooting...it's an absolute steal! Check out the video review I did on this lens, along with the still images.