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nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF-D or S-AF?
I need your opinion. I've been looking for a 50mm lens f/1.4 longer, and finally found one.I has also recently discovered that there is a 50mm f/1.4 lens to autofocus on the D60. What should I get? The older AF-D is going to cost me about $ 200. I think the new AF-S will cost double. My concern is: do you really need the autofocus? I rarely use the AF with my 18 55mm AC Lens Kit because it seems so slow and inaccurate at times, and I'm almost always in the manual. But the auto focus feature is a nice thing to know. With this objective 50 mm f / 1.4, I will do more portraits and bokeh experimentation. So I'm not sure if the extra money for AF is absolutely necessary. Should I get the AF-D? What I can do with the AF-S is worth the extra money? Any input is appreciated. Thank you. : D
The answer is simple, really. You have a D60 – get the 50mm f/1.4 AF-S. Yes, you really need autofocus. The focusing screen of the digital SLR, particularly the lower end DSLR are not suitable for manual focusing by the viewers are not bright enough, or the focusing screen to provide enough of a matte surface, together with the absence of a split image rangefinder (like what is in manual focus cameras), so you see constantly. And with an opening as large as f / 1.4, nailing approach is essential for the survival images clear, especially in the openings because even with the focus point display in the viewfinder, the camera will indicate good focus only on one end of the DP or the other. And being that the reason most people buy a first super-fast is like the 50mm f/1.4 for use in low light, you may have difficulty focusing on the holes. Sure, people will tell you that the focus manually all the time, and while having a degree of skill and practice to do so, most of these people are not using the manual focus a D60, which has a pentamirror instead of the much brighter pentaprism. Do not feel as if their experience will be more real focus by manual. Autofocus is one of the most useful advances in camera technology – use it.
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