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Revainrating 3 out of 5

A normal product, but they wanted more for the money.

For fans of fixed staffers, this is an ideal option in terms of focal length on crop. Of the fixes, I have it in service with 50 / 1.4. Fifty dollars in optics and pattern is an order of magnitude higher, but narrow for a staffer (again on a crop). I took it as a fixed-staff for crop. The working hole starts at 2.8 and ends after 8. In general, it’s not bad for reportage shooting, but nothing more. Highly recommend to those who want to experience the benefits of a fix over a zoom (or get…

Pros
  • Size (an amateur carcass with glass is slightly larger than expensive mirrorless cameras, but it still won’t fit in a pocket), classic focal length on crop (52.5 FF), very decent sharpness from 2.8, non-irritating bokeh, relatively fast focusing in good lighting, draws well.
Cons
  • Build quality optics. Front-back in almost every instance. 1.8 non-working, only for the family album. The focus is unpredictable (for the most part, on my back, many, by the way, also complain about the back). Chromatite hard. Inherent wide-angle problems of spatial distortion.

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Low quality, I will not buy this anymore.

I bought a child for christening for filming (I wanted 50 1.4, but alas, they disappeared at that time), thank God I took some puff with me. I tried nothing at home, only 11-point autofocus doesn’t focus very often, but in a single-point one everything seems to be normal. When I was filming the christening, the photos seemed sharp on the camera screen, but when I looked at home it turned out that most of the movement was anointed (I shot in aperture priority almost all the time at a deuce) it’s

Pros
  • small better aperture
Cons
  • autofocus is dull, often misses sharpness even more often 11 point in general can be safely turned off, or only work in manual mode didn't like the blur

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Everything is fine, I liked the product, I bought it for a reason.

For the price, it's a pretty good option. I was very pleased with the compact size and low weight, with a small SLR Nikon D3100 took up very little space in the bag. Autofocus is fast enough and very quiet, I almost didn’t notice the sound of the motor at all. The sharpness is excellent already starting from the open aperture, closing to F / 4 absolutely sharp across the entire field of the frame, the picture draws quite interesting, definitely better than the whale 18-55. The main feature for…

Pros
  • Excellent sharpness from wide open Good picture that the lens gives out Compact size Aperture Price
Cons
  • Far from the most convenient focal length on the crop. In general, for its price, there are practically no shortcomings, except for a very noticeable lens hood play and some looseness of the focus ring (perhaps a feature of my copy).

Revainrating 2 out of 5

A little disappointed, a bad purchase.

Might be a good place to start. It is not at all necessary and undesirable to buy a new one, take it in the secondary market for 3 thousand. If we compare it with primitive whales coming with amateur DSLRs, then at first there will be a little delight, but it’s better not to be fooled by the price and take at least Sigma 50 1.4. or 30 1.4 for 14k, believe me it's worth it. Of course, many say that there is no difference, it's just an overpayment. There is a difference, it is visible to the eye,

Pros
  • price . I did not highlight other special advantages.
Cons
  • terrible HA, working aperture from 2.5-2.8 to 8, up to 2.8 HA, after 8 terrible soap. Noisy, even on an open aperture and ISO100-200. Moreover, enabling or disabling the noise reduction mode in the carcass does not affect in any way. Many people write about beautiful bokeh, in my opinion, nothing special, bokeh, like bokeh. The case is very cheap, the focus ring does not differ in smoothness, some slight jerks are felt when fine-tuning the focus. Aftofocus often smears and the impression is that it lives its own life, constantly corrected manually. A large number of marriages with back-, front-. All photos must definitely be processed in the editor. But fans for photos "Vkontaktik" will do so. He took his wife to the crop, went out into the countryside, took it in his hands, clicked. The lens has only one purpose - a waist-length portrait, as well as flowers, petals. Everything else is not about him.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The right product for me, there were no problems.

I use this glass with the d3100. The dimensions of the camera have significantly decreased, while the quality of the resulting photographs, on the contrary, has increased. Much sharper than the previous lens, even at the widest aperture. For this money (about 7 thousand), nothing better than autofocus can be found. At first I thought in the direction of fifty dollars, but it is a little more expensive and it is not always convenient to use such a focal length, or rather not everywhere. I…

Pros
  • After whale 18-55, pleasant sharpness and beautiful bokeh immediately catches the eye. More natural skin colors in bright sunlight (at 18-55 sometimes turned out as if overexposed). I also liked the focus speed. Good price.
Cons
  • More often than not, the whale misses the focus. No other deficiencies were identified.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality exceeds all expectations, I recommend to buy.

I didn’t want to include the lack of a stabilizer as a disadvantage - after all, when you buy a specific model, it’s ridiculous to covet models 10 times more expensive from other manufacturers. But that's a pretty big downside. Many photos often turn, if not into a shake, then into not sharp pictures, this is especially true for portraits. On the camera you look like everything is sharp, but on the large monitor you can already see how the hand trembled a little. But it’s more likely that I…

Pros
  • Build quality Metal bayonet with rubber seal Possibility of manual refocusing after automatic Focus speed All the pluses of a fix (fast, beautiful blur)
Cons
  • Price

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Second-rate product, won't buy it again.

if you buy for 5-6 thousand in excellent condition, then it’s possible, especially for video in manual focus, if it’s more expensive or new, then it makes no sense, if you understand, then you’ll waste the money spent, I definitely don’t advise, the picture is from a whale 18-105 or 18-55 almost indistinguishable, the drawing is simple and not expressive

Pros
  • aperture, excellent contrast, compactness, light weight, lens hood included, price in the secondary market, that's all dear friends
Cons
  • sharpness is no better than 18-105, tested on two copies of 35-1.8g, constantly floating focus, mostly back, and clamping the aperture even to 5 does not help, even with a flash, even during the day, in poor lighting it’s generally terrible , almost half of the frames are in the trash, this is the main drawback, read the reviews and you will all understand that these are not rumors

Revainrating 3 out of 5

A normal product, but they wanted more for the money.

When buying, I rejected 2 out of 3, they tried to sell the front-back focus. The focus really did not please, even the one chosen from 3 lenses still does not work quite correctly. Bokeh is not beautiful, more like some kind of chaotic distortion of space. In general, it was, of course, worth its money, but only up to a rise in price. Now its price is completely unjustified, about 10,000. I do not recommend buying a lens for those who have money for its more expensive versions. Now I wouldn't…

Pros
  • Of the pluses, only aperture and its size. This is where his merits end.
Cons
  • Low budget for everything. The focus ring, as already mentioned, does not have a smooth ride, refuses to focus on small objects (as if they were not there), for example, a branch in the foreground, only manual focus and nothing more. Even at ISO 100 there is some noise. Of course chrome oberatsiya very strong. He does not like backlight even with a hood. Bokeh someone saw - it's gone!

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The right product for me, there were no problems.

Good lens for the price. Vignette and chromatic aberrations are present on the open, which, incidentally, is also on older models. Suitable as a staff member when shooting in a small space. Small MDF - about 30cm. Boke is of course an amateur, in general I like it, again, keeping in mind the price. For portraits - not very, too sharp and distorts faces. I recommend it as an ate after dark zooms or when there is not enough space for half a toss.

Pros
  • Many advantages: - price - working 1.8 - fairly fast autofocus - 52 mm filter diameter - lens hood included (and leather pouch :) - light
Cons
  • For the price, they can't be.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

No complaints, I recommend to buy.

autofocus sometimes misses. I was at a Nikon seminar, they said that this lens, when used with cameras of younger models, must be given to the service along with the camera for adjustment. the term of this adjustment is 5 days. I can't wait. hand over immediately upon purchase for adjustment. May 27, 2022 ate: gave it to the service for adjustment. seems to have gotten better.

Pros
  • price
Cons
  • autofocus

Revainrating 4 out of 5

As such, there are no disadvantages, it is convenient to use.

I immediately bought a carcass and it was included. Tested in m-not carefully and for a long time according to patterns. With the exception of the above problem (I managed to repair it myself, because I didn’t want to take it and the carcass to the service for a month). It focuses faster than my 50mm 1,4G and holds backlight better, but draws (and color reproduction) the EU, but simpler than that.

Pros
  • Fast focus. Cutting. Nice drawing and color reproduction. Universal fr for DX, I use it as a staffer on a par with Nikkor 50mm 1,4G on Nikon D5000. price 200 $ (2022)
Cons
  • small HA on open apertures. My copy had one drawback - sometimes the first 2-3 frames with it were overexposed, the company service advised to hand it over and the carcass for a month for repairs. That's the only reason I'm giving it a 4 star rating.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

High-quality product, the price corresponds to the quality.

For an hour and a half I chose a fast fix on the Nikon D5000. I chose from 50 1.8G AF-S and this. Fifty dollars focuses much faster, but 35 makes it almost silent. Abberations at 50, it seemed to me, is less. Otherwise, they are similar in drawing, if you do not take into account physics (f. distance, perspective on the frame). In my case, the choice in favor of 35mm is justified, because. In rooms with 50, there is nowhere to go to fit everyone. For the street would take 50-k. I noticed that…

Pros
  • Aperture Focal length for DX matrices Weight, size
Cons
  • XA on contrasting objects at aperture 1 / 1.8-2 (I like green halos, I will remove purple ones in the editor)

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good product, good quality, not bad.

For me, it was completely passable. There is nothing special about it. Although for this money, it would probably be strange to expect something special. Before him, there was a macro 40mm f2.8, which I liked much more, although the aperture ratio is worse. I advise you to save up and buy a sigma 30mm art or prefer 40mm if aperture is not a super priority. You will feel the difference. PS: I put 4 stars only because of the cost, the quality of the issued picture would be rated at 3.

Pros
  • 1. Aperture 2. Lightweight 3. Price 4. Built-in motor
Cons
  • 1. There is nothing "outstanding" in the lens 2. Sharpness and picture quality are average

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality exceeds all expectations, I recommend to buy.

Not suitable only for majors, since there is no N icon on the glass, and there is no red stripe. There are no complaints about the price, I would rather complain about my salary. So far I have shot few frames, about 30-35 thousand for two years of operation. I shot day and night, shot portraits, and landscapes, macro and astro, shot everything that happened, it’s a pity that it didn’t work out underwater. Yes, I admit that this glass often gives a picture of 4 (rarely 5 out of 5). But this MEGA

Pros
  • Decent glass in every sense. A very nice picture, everything is there, and sharpness with an open (the main thing is to get into the flu), and color, and bokeh, and resistance to backlight, and moderate macro (macro 1: 1 if you only want to) and a motor. The distance is very, and very convenient for the crop. It is now experiencing a second camera, the old 5100 has given way to 7100, the lens seems to be even better than before.
Cons
  • Conditionally not suitable for FX, cameras. But many people use it with a bang. Auto focus with good speed, not great. There are pink windows that my wife likes, but I quickly destroy them in the converter.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

It was a reasonable purchase, I will order more.

I have been using it for less than a month in conjunction with the D3000, before that I photographed at 18-55 for six months. I bought it for 6990, I got it with a slight front focus. Advantages: 1. Aperture, compared to 18-55, there is much more room for filming, you can use polars without fear of losing shutter speed. Suitable for shooting in any street lighting from morning to evening. In a spacious room on a sunny day - you can, in an apartment with lamps - you can’t do without a flash or

Pros
  • Aperture 7 blades, filter size, ring focus
Cons
  • Minor complaints about workmanship, inaccurate autofocus

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The product is good, there are only a few minor flaws.

I have been using it for 3 years with the d5000. Satisfied with everything except that of all my lenses (4 pcs.), This one has the highest probability of missing focus. Sometimes it's very disappointing, especially given the unpredictability of a miss. As a result, each frame has to be checked immediately, which is not always possible. The situation for me is depressing even the terrible screen quality of my d5000 (due to low resolution). However, with its shortcomings, this is my favorite…

Pros
  • Versatility (including handheld shooting in low light), price
Cons
  • Frequent miss focus; Lack of sharpness at f=1.8

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good product for me, no problems at all.

An excellent expensive fixed staff for Nikon DX-format SLR cameras. Especially good as a seasoning for small DSLRs like the D40, D40x, D60 or D3000: this combination is about the size of a large compact with a super-duper zoom. At the same time, the camera does not "nod" when hanging on a belt. Compared to the standard 18-55 VR, this lens seemed much less flimsy: nothing dangles, does not extend, and does not suck dust. Pleased with a metal mount with a rubber seal. As for sharpness, there are…

Pros
  • Lightweight and compact, good focal length for DX, near-silent focusing, decent picture quality wide open, decent build for the price.
Cons
  • Small backlash of the focus ring (within 0.5 mm). Noticeable HA and barrel distortion of the picture. A rough pattern in the blur zone (if this is critical, it is advisable to cover the aperture by about half a stop).

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best thing for the money, glad I did it.

Like many, before starting to buy a fix, not wanting to miscalculate, I searched a bunch of forums, read a lot of reviews. I've read a lot, both positive and not so much. I went to the store, touched, filmed, looked at . compared mainly with fifty dollars. As a result, I came to the conclusion that it is necessary to take 35-ku, because. having a Nikon 3100, I didn’t see the point in buying a 50-ku (except for the future), an appropriate lens for an entry-level camera. Bought and . upset…

Pros
  • natural aperture and sharpness
Cons
  • all the flaws are in ourselves, and the lens is just a tool

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I like everything, the price and quality are acceptable.

The lens is of course for creativity, just pressing the shutter button with it will not work. Aperture is excellent in my unprofessional, but creative look. For me personally, after using three lenses - all zooms, I liked this one the most. This lens captures aerial perspective very well - just the way we actually see the picture, well, or almost so. This is what I like the most as an artist! If you are a creative person - take it, you won't regret it!

Pros
  • For a fix, an inexpensive, easy, fast auto focus, a beautiful picture of the entire frame, especially in a portrait - it is soft and therefore seems a little not sharp, but it is not. It’s just that only the main subject of the shooting gets into focus, and everything else becomes, as it were, the background, and this is precisely its main feature. Aperture is the quality that cannot be taken away from it. The focal length of 35 mm is the subject composition - the most used for shooting both indoors and outdoors.
Cons
  • The absence of a stub - in a modern camera, it should still be like an automatic transmission in a car, although - who cares. Maybe not as cool as 1,2f))). As for distortions and HA, they are present on any lens to a greater or lesser extent. That's probably all - the rest I think is already nit-picking. Don't expect professional quality miracles from a $250 lens.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The right product for me, the price suited me.

Either I was very very lucky, or the lens is frightened by a tripod, but the autofocus miss, especially on a large hole, IMHO, is not a problem for the lens, but for the photographer. When shooting handheld, it is very difficult to keep the camera completely still, and given the depth of field equal to 1-2 centimeters with a large hole, the shift of the camera in the gap between focusing and the picture itself gives the very miss. A shift of 1-2 centimeters is almost not noticeable by the…

Pros
  • sharp, relatively cheap, does not creak. Almost completely coincides with the angle of human vision (on the crop), which makes it easier to choose a frame without a camera.
Cons
  • Chromatic aberrations on a large hole (treated by software). Probably still distortion, but in ordinary life it is not noticeable, only when testing (it is also treated programmatically)