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Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI-s Retro Review: A Brilliant Gateway into Vintage Glass

Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI-s Retro Review: A Brilliant Gateway into Vintage Glass

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Close-up of hands holding a camera lens. The lens features various markings, including numbers representing aperture settings (from f/1.4 to f/16) and distance measurements in meters and feet. The focus ring and other detailed components are prominently visible.

While Gordon Laing of Cameralabs typically looks at vintage cameras as part of his incredible Retro Review series, old glass deserves love, too. Cameralabs has just published its review of the Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI-s, a lens that launched 43 years ago and is still amazing today.

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