Nikon f6 g lens compatibility
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My brother Bruce, who died in 2012, was a photojournalist who mostly employed a Nikon FM2 with a Nikkor 50mm AI-S f1.4 lens. I've researched your suggestions and, at the moment, am leaning towards the f1.8 AF-S.Īlso, I can't resist answering your questions, Bela. I'm fascinated by these responses and appreciate the time you spent on your list, Andrew. But those are a balanced choice with compromises, and you may have different priorities. Without knowing more about your needs, my first recommendation would be the 50mm f/1.8 AF-S - or possibly the f/1.4 if you're willing to spend more, on the basis that film might benefit more from the extra aperture.
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I hope that gives you something to chew on without being excessively confusing. There's also the Coastal Optics 60mm f/4, which is exceptional but very specialist.įor what it's worth, of these, I own the 50mm f/1.8 E-series, AF-D and AF-S (for different reasons) and the Sigma Art. For macro shooting, any of the 55mm-65mm Nikkors are very sharp (although they don't all go to 1:1 without an adaptor) the Tamron 60mm f/2 is also decent.
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For weird swirly bokeh, look at the Petzval 58mm f/1.9.For an expensive true "pancake" lens with an old optical formula and a smaller aperture (that's not as sharp at wider apertures but has arguably nicer rendering), look at the manual-focus 45mm f/2.8 AI-P.For the same optics as the 50mm f/1.8 AF-D in an almost "pancake" package (the front element of the AF f/1.8 lenses is deeply inset, so the lens is deeper than it needs to be optically), look at the manual-focus E-series.For a cheap and small lens that's very sharp stopped down (but has poor bokeh and wide-open sharpness) get the 50mm f/1.8 AF-D.For soft bokeh and subject separation at a cheaper price at the cost of poor wide-open softness, get the 50mm Nikkor f/1.4 AF-D.For good sharpness with a much smaller and cheaper lens, get the 50mm Nikkor f/1.8 AF-S (especially if you don't need f/1.4).For good sharpness especially stopped down a little and a moderate price and size, get the 50mm Nikkor AF-S f/1.4.For nice bokeh and general rendering at the cost of absolute sharpness, get the 58mm Nikkor AF-S (or possibly the Zeiss Milvus).For extremely good sharpness at wide apertures with a fairly big and expensive lens, get the 50mm Sigma "Art".
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For absolute best sharpness at the cost of the lens being enormous, manual focus and very expensive, get a 55mm Zeiss Otus f/1.4.So ignoring compatibility, it depends what you want: Unless you find an old, manual, pre-AI lens (which you could only use if you had your F6's aperture ring adapted to let the aperture tab fold back or if you had the lens adapted to be "AI-converted") you should be able to use anything. I don't believe there's a recent 50mm lens that's incompatible with the F6 (I don't think any use electronic aperture, which is the main technology the F6 lacks compared to the latest DSLRs when it comes to driving a lens).