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Originally Posted by miner
I have a question but don't mean to hijack the thread. Recently purchased a D500, an upgrade from my D90. For those that own the 50mm f1.4 - are you satisfied? I currently own a 24-105 f2.8, 40mm macro, 70 - 200 f2.8, 28 - 80 f2.8 (came with the D500).
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I own a 50 f1.4 that I bought in 1971 with my very first motor driven Nikon Photomic FTn when I was in junior high school and it was good for low light candid shots THEN.
Fast forward a few decades, the f1.4 lens is no longer needed with modern cameras. You can set the ISO speed so high that the maximum open f number hardly matters anymore and you'll get a better picture than you ever could before.
ON THE OTHER HAND if you are getting a 50 f 1.4 so you can shoot things like close-up portraits and have a very shallow depth of field, then you should consider the 50 f 1.4. I think it has very limited use these days.