Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a good travel lens, particularly for FX camera bodies since it remains a 50mm focal length. As mentioned in other reviews, this lens will only auto focus on bodies with built in motors (not the D3XXX or 5XXX models). The light weight is unfortunately reflected in the build quality. Overall, though, a great value for a very sharp lens on my D750.

I'm an automotive photographer with a D810 and yet this lens is attached 99% of the time. If it's not in your bag then you're not a photographer :)

I really like this lens and the way it looks. Great in low light. I like that it looks like the older manual lens but it's auto focus as well as manual. Overall this is a great portrait and close up lens.

This is a great lens and the price is unbeatable! This is a must have! Images turn out great!

This lense is better than I was anticipating. Pictures show so much detail. Wish I would have bought this when I purchased my D3200. Can do close up pictures and semi-long distance shots.

Definitely impressed with the clarity of the pictures taken with this lens. The reviews I read before purchasing this lens were correct.

The focal length made this a perfect camera to shoot photos of my artwork. I kept having problems using both zoom lenses that came with the camera, but this lens did the trick.

This lens has been around a long time. Every bag should have one. Its light, very fast and you can't beat it for the price. Sorry, it doesn't zoom. you'll have to........move back and forth to frame the subject. You can probably use the exercise.

Really not that hard to manually focus and the picture quality is amazing!

I love this lens, it's light, easy to use and takes great pictures.

Excellent high quality lens. You can definitely tell the difference in pictures. The key is understanding how to use the manual aspects.

This is my "go to" lens for most portraits. Unbeatable value!

Great lens make sure you camera has auto focus lens is a manual lens and doesn’t come with auto focus. I have a Nikon d750 and a Nikon D3300. My D750 has AF built in the camera so the lens doesn’t need to have Af built in. But on my D3300 I have to manually focus the lens

I am a newbie photographer. I have not taken any classes. I have been doing a lot of food photography. This has been my go to lens. I am very happy with it.

It's a great lens to have on my camera bag cheap an affordable. Sharp lens to use for portrait

This is a great lense to leave on the camera as a default lens. It is small, agile and versatile. I bought this lense because it was rated as the "best bang for the buck" at the Best Reviews website: https://bestreviews.com/best-nikon-lenses

I bought this to shoot my son's basketball games. I couldn't afford one of those super zooms with 2.8 and even with high ISO on my zoom its near impossible to get great indoor basketball shots. Since I am able to get fairly close to the action this worked great! You can't beat the price and results. Doesn't look sexy but who cares!!

I recently purchased the Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens and it's quickly becoming my favorite! I's fast and simple.A must for every photographer!

I have only used this lens a few times, but I am very happy with it. I ordered it for taking pictures in low light and it does well in these situations.

I needed a fixed lens that I could use often and this lens is great! Beautiful, crisp shots every time!