It’s finally here! Well, not here yet, but it’s been announced: the Nikon (Nikkor) AF-S 50mm f/1.8 G lens – the nifty fifty WITH an autofocusing motor built into the lens!
This means, unlike the previous version of the Nikon 50mm f/1.8, you can use it with the D5100, D3100, and older versions of those models that don’t have the autofocusing motor built into the lens.
Product image from Nikon
Sample image from Nikon using the new AF-S 50mm f/1.8 G
This fixed focal length (prime) normal lens will give you those dreamy out-of-focus backgrounds and great low light performance that will make it wonderful for portraits, indoor use, and as a walk-around lens that will challenge you to really develop your eye and compose your frames since you won’t be able to zoom in and out.
It should be available in mid-June 2011 for about $220, and is already available for pre-order on Amazon right here. Here is the press announcement, and here it is on the Nikon website.
See the Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.8 G on Amazon