Nikon 50mm f1.8 lens - $60 w/free shipping CONUS

[Luis Caffesse]

Selling my Nikon 50mm f1.8 Series E lens.
I've used this lens on numerous project and have always gotten great results with it.
Just not using it as much since I bought a set of new Nikon G lenses.

If you're not familiar with this lens, here is a quote from Ken Rockwell's site:

"It performs very, very well and is one of the sharpest lenses you can get for your Nikon.
It has no distortion, unlike the f/1.4 Nikkor.
It has only a few ghosts. It is only single-coated, but being such a simple design does not need multicoating.

By aperture:

f/2.0: Great in center. Some falloff and coma, but still pretty sharp all over. Better than the f/1.4 Nikkor wide-open.
f/2.8: very good all the way out to the edges
f/4.0: wonderful performance all over

As you can see, the optics of this lens are superb.
It is better made mechanically than many of today's more expensive lenses, with tighter tolerances and better materials.
It has a solid metal filter thread, unlike the $1,700 80-200mm AFS lens, or any of the under-$1,000 mid range zooms most people use instead today.
I have heard that it may have a plastic focus helicoid, which means please try to avoid dropping your camera on this lens with the lens mounted."


Asking $60 with free shipping within the continental US.

PM with any questions.

[robicano22]

hey man. new to dvxuser, couldnt quite figure out how to PM you...is this still available?

[Luis Caffesse]

Yes it is.
You can PM by clicking on my name to the left, then choose "Private Message"

Thanks.