Is the 50mm 1.8G a micro lens?

[Derrel]

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.

Oh, I meant why Nikon went with the 58mm thread and the fat barrel on the G-series, instead of the smaller, earlier 50mm f/1.8 AF and AF-D and the 50mm f/1.4 AF and AF-D lenses. Parker's original thread title was about the-50mm-1-8-d-a-macro-lens, so I was talking about why they "ballooned" the G-series models.

I dunno...years ago, Nikon bragged in adverts in magazines how they had good, solid lens choices, from 24mm to 200mm, all in 52mm filter size! (They also had fatter, super-speed lenses too). For me, I prefer the smaller 50mm f/1.8 AF or AF-D lens to my new 50/1.8 G.

Okay, back to Parker219's yellow jacket close-up picture: what is the magnifcation ratio the 50/1.8 AF-S G produces at its minimum focusing distance?

 

[astroNikon]

I think the location of the internal motor bloated the lens

 

[480sparky]

........I dunno...years ago, Nikon bragged in adverts in magazines how they had good, solid lens choices, from 24mm to 200mm, all in 52mm filter size! .........

Pentax did the same thing and I really liked that. 20/4, 28/2.8, 40/2.8 pancake, 50/1.7, 50/4 macro and 120/2.8 I shot with, 49mm all.