opinions on nikkor 50mm f1.4 ais wide open

[fontmoss]

Is it sharp? ok it will depend on the actual one but generally are these regarded as being sharp wide open?

 

[sdb123]

Pretty much....MF at f/1.4 can be tricky though. I had an 85mm f/1.4 AI-S and it was a peach...shooting wide open was not the easiest though.

 

[puddleduck]

Sharpness will probably depend on how good you are at manual focus.

I'm pretty decent focusing manually but shooting wide open manual with a small viewfinder is pretty damn hard due to the narrow depth of field.

 

[fontmoss]

i know it's going to be a swine but im thinking of trying out a film camera and i manually focussed (sp?) everything until 3 weeks ago.

shallow depth of field plus limited shots with film camera in crappy light- steep learning curve

EDIT: and hopefully film body (fm2n hopefully) viewfinder will be big enough

 

[puddleduck]

On a film camera - with a decent split prism viewfinder (I wish we still had decent VF's!) it'll be much easier.

 

[DUNKS]

Simple answere.
YES.

 

[fontmoss]

hmm dont think fm2n has split prism VF, open to ideas re film bodies though if folk have opinions on manual cheapish body