Is the 50mm 1.8G a micro lens?

Parker219 · Dec 22, 2016

Just in case someone searches this topic, I will provide an example, so they have something to look at.

This is on a D7200, so crop sensor.

I had the camera set to jpegs, so these were shot as jpegs to begin with.

The first photo is the closest that you will be able to focus with the 50mm 1.8 on a crop body.

The second photo is the same photo, just cropped in.

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astroNikon · Dec 22, 2016

The 50/1,8 AF-D is not a macro lens.
Though I was just using mine as a macro lens with Nikons "closeup" screw on magnifiers.

480sparky · Dec 22, 2016

Nikon doesn't make macro lenses..... they make micro lenses.

The 50/1.8 D isn't either. But adding in a simple extension tube or two can serve the same purpose.

astroNikon · Dec 22, 2016

from my iPhone ..

@Derrel knows more about these than I do.

astroNikon · Dec 22, 2016

There's also generic ones you can get

480sparky · Dec 22, 2016

Wow. Digital close-up lenses!

Derrel · Dec 22, 2016

480sparky said:
Nikon doesn't make macro lenses..... they make micro lenses./QUOTE]

Well, you are half right....

19mmf/2.8 Macro-Nikkor , 35mm f/4.5 Macro-Nikkor, 65 mm f/4.5 Macro-Nikkor,120mm f/6.3 Macro-Nikkor.

See Bjorn Rorslett's lens pages.... Excerpt: "The two shorter lenses, 19 and 35 mm, come in RMS microscope screw mount (affectionally designated "Royal Screw" by microscopists, pun possibly intended) and look similar to microscope lenses, whilst the 65 and 120 mm lenses are bigger and use 39 mm Leica thread. Adapters to convert RBMS and Leica thread to Nikon mount are provided with the Multiphot kit, and are obtainable otherwise as well. Thus, it is entirely feasible to put the Macro-Nikkors to work in a field setting, far away from the Multiphot itself. However, using the 19 mm f/2.8 Macro-Nikkor under field conditions verges on sheer insanity on the user's behalf, so this lens with its working optimum at 20X should be kept for indoor use only."

But yeah...stupid trade names like Micro~NIKKOR have always been weird. The 50mm lenses with a 12 or 13 mm extension tube are adequate for many users.

astroNikon · Dec 22, 2016

List of Nikon Macro lenses ==> Macro Lenses | Macro Lens Guide from Nikon from Nikon

some info about the Nikon Close up attachments ==> Nikon F and F2 Close-Up Lenses

Parker219 · Dec 22, 2016

If an admin sees this, please can you please change my thread title? It should say 50mm 1.8 G...not D...also micro instead of macro.

Derrel · Dec 22, 2016

Look for Nikon's 5-T high-quality, two-element close-up lens, aka filter. Two different types of glass, like crown and flint glass, can be combined to almost totally eliminate chromatic aberration. The 5-T is/was 52mm thread. The 6-T was/is 62mm diameter threads. Neither are likely in current production, but both were high quality accessories.

The close-up lens (again: two elements, of different glass types, and designed to KILL CA, can make amazing close-ups with common, older Nikkor lenses, as well as be adapted to newer lenses. Canon's 250D and 500D are good examples of similar, thread-in, close-up lenses as the older 5-T and 6-T. The advantage of a high-grade thread-on lens (filter) is that is is brand-agnostic, and can also be reverse-mounted if desired or if it improves performance.

astroNikon · Dec 22, 2016

Parker219 said:
If an admin sees this, please can you please change my thread title? It should say 50mm 1.8 G...not D...also micro instead of macro.

well the 50 G is a 58mm thread. So the Nikon 52mm thread Closeup filters won't work.

I'm sure some generic ones are available but the quality isn't as good.

or refer to this list ==> Macro Lenses | Macro Lens Guide from Nikon from Nikon

Derrel · Dec 22, 2016

astroNikon said:
Parker219 said:

If an admin sees this, please can you please change my thread title? It should say 50mm 1.8 G...not D...also micro instead of macro.

Click to expand...

well the 50 G is a 58mm thread. So the Nikon 52mm thread Closeup filters won't work.
I'm sure some generic ones are available.

Uhhh, yeah, EASY step-ring adapter to fit the 52 on the 58mm G's filter ring. I see now, THE OP has revised the lens he had, from the 52mm filter f/1.8 AF-D model to the new 50mm AF-S 1.8 G-series. The weird thing to me, and others, is that the 50mm f/1.8 AF-S G really SHOULD have been a 52mm thread lens. There's no explaining why Nikon went with a 58mm filter thread. The front element is small...the filter threads dwarf it. Pretty sure either a 52mm or a 62mm filter-ring mounted accessory will not cause and vignetting on a 50mm G-series lens on FX

Speaking of which: filters, and lens hoods, and such, are different on FX versus DX sized sensors.The entire outer periphery of what the lens projects out the rear element is NOT even registered on the smaller, DX-format cameras. So, the wrong filters, or the wrong lens hoods, etc, can often be used on a DX-format camera.

astroNikon · Dec 22, 2016

The 50 1,8 and 1.4 G uses the exactly same body when I compared the two. Just different cutout for the larger external glass element. So I guess the larger thread.

astroNikon · Dec 22, 2016

Derrel said:
astroNikon said:

Parker219 said:

If an admin sees this, please can you please change my thread title? It should say 50mm 1.8 G...not D...also micro instead of macro.

Click to expand...

well the 50 G is a 58mm thread. So the Nikon 52mm thread Closeup filters won't work.
I'm sure some generic ones are available.

Click to expand...

Uhhh, yeah, EASY step-ring adapter to fit the 52 on the 58mm G's filter ring. I see now, THE OP has revised the lens he had, from the 52mm filter f/1.8 AF-D model to the new 50mm AF-S 1.8 G-series. The weird thing to me, and others, is that the 50mm f/1.8 AF-S G really SHOULD have been a 52mm thread lens. There's no explaining why Nikon went with a 58mm filter thread. The front element is small...the filter threads dwarf it. Pretty sure either a 52mm or a 62mm filter-ring mounted accessory will not cause and vignetting on a 50mm G-series lens on FX

Speaking of which: filters, and lens hoods, and such, are different on FX versus DX sized sensors.The entire outer periphery of what the lens projects out the rear element is NOT even registered on the smaller, DX-format cameras. So, the wrong filters, or the wrong lens hoods, etc, can often be used on a DX-format camera.

I think I have a step ring. I might try it on my 50/1.4G. I was thinking the extra thickness of the ring changes distance but then it just focuses more I guess. Might try it but I already finished my stuff I needed to do on my DX with the 50afd.