Nikon Nikkor 50mm F/1.4
Standard prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · January 1976
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · Japan
- Original name:
- · Nikon NIKKOR 50mm 1:1.4
- Class:
- · Ultra-fast full-frame standard prime lens
- System:
- · Nikon F (1959)
Model history (10)
| ■Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-S Auto 50mm F/1.4 | A | 7 - 5 | 0.60m | ⌀52 | 1962 ● | |
| ■Nippon Kogaku / Nikon Nikkor-S[·C] Auto 50mm F/1.4 | A | 7 - 5 | 0.60m | ⌀52 | 1966 ● | |
| ■Nikon Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 | A | 7 - 5 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1974 ● | |
| ■Nikon Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1976 ● | |
| ■Nikon AI Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1977 ● | |
| —Nikon AI Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 Gold "60th Anniversary Edition" (300 units) | 1977 ● | |||||
| ■Nikon AI-S Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1981 ● | |
| —Nikon AI-S Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 Gold "Camera Grand Prix 1984" (2000 units) | 1984 ● | |||||
| —Nikon AI-S Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 "Millennium Limited Edition" (2000 units) | 2000 ● | |||||
| ■Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 [I] | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1986 ● | |
| ■Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 [II] | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1991 ● | |
| ■Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm F/1.4D | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1995 ● | |
| ■Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm F/1.4G | A | 8 - 7 | 0.45m | ⌀58 | 2008 ● | |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 50mm | |
| F/1.4 | |
| 7 elements in 6 groups (Double Gauss derivative) | |
| Nikon F [46.5mm] | |
| 46.8° (35mm full frame) | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings only) |
| 7 (seven) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.45m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 260g | |
| ⌀64×39.5mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 52mm | |
| HS-9 - Snap-on round | |
| HR-1 - Screw-type round | |
| <No data> |
Source of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
Notes
- This non-AI lens was designed for Nikon F, F2, Nikkormat FS, FT, FT2, FTN, EL, ELW 35mm film SLR cameras.
- Non-AI lenses cannot be used on Nikon digital SLR cameras (except for the Df) or late (AI) film SLR cameras. However, non-AI lenses can be fitted to Nikon FM, FE, EL2, F3, F4 and Nikkormat FT3 cameras which used the AI metering system but allowed the metering coupling lever to be disengaged. The F5 could have this mechanism fitted as an optional extra. Non-AI lenses can be also fitted to the Nikon F2A and F2AS cameras because the AI mechanism was fitted to the removable metering prism.
Other standard prime lenses in the Nikon F system
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Nikon F mount (10) | |||||||||
| Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 55mm F/1.2 SL II S | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 2023 ● | ||||
| Irix 45mm F/1.4 SLR | A | 11 - 9 | 0.40m | ⌀77 | 2020 ● | ||||
| Helios-81N 50mm F/2 MC akaArsat H 50mm F/2 akaHelios-81M 53mm F/2 [MC] akaHelios-81N 53mm F/2 akaГЕЛИОС-81М 53mm F/2 [МС] akaГЕЛИОС-81Н 50mm F/2 МС akaГЕЛИОС-81Н 53mm F/2 | A | 6 - 4 | 0.50m | ⌀49 | 1978 ● | ||||
| Helios-123N 50mm F/1.4 MC akaArsat H 50mm F/1.4 akaГЕЛИОС-123Н 50mm F/1.4 МС | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀52 | 1990 ● | ||||
| Volna-8N 50mm F/1.2 MC akaВОЛНА-8Н 50mm F/1.2 МС | A | 7 - 6 | 0.50m | ⌀58 | 1983 ● | ||||
| Risespray 50mm F/1.7 SLR | M | 6 - 5 | 0.50m | ⌀52 | ● | ||||
| Risespray 50mm F/1.4 SLR akaLightdow 50mm F/1.4 SLR | M | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | ⌀55 | ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Classic Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 ZE / ZF.2 / ZK / ZS | A | 7 - 6 | 0.45m | E58 | 2006 ● | ||||
| ZEISS Otus Apo Distagon T* 55mm F/1.4 ZE / ZF.2 | A | 12 - 10 | 0.50m | E77 | 2013 ● | ||||
| ZEISS Milvus Distagon T* 50mm F/1.4 ZE / ZF.2 | A | 10 - 8 | 0.45m | E67 | 2015 ● | ||||
| ■Nikon F mount (1) · APS-C | |||||||||
| Zenitar 50mm F/1.2 S | M | 8 - 7 | 0.45m | ⌀62 | 2015 ● | ||||
| ■Interchangeable mount (1) | |||||||||
| MS Optics MS-Mode-S 50mm F/1.3 Dualsystem (200 units) | M | 5 - 4 | 1.00m | ⌀49 | 2006 ● | ||||