The Nikkor 50mm F1.8 is a nice cheap entry level lens that is actually quite usable for astrophotography.
I recommend using this lens at F2.8 for best results.
Check out the postings on tests and photos done with this Nikkor 50mm F1.8 below:
Update: added photo’s from the 2nd and 3rd day the comet was visible I only learned about this comet and the fact that it might be visible from southern skies yesterday. I learned it would be brightest that evening right after sunset and would make for a lovely picture together with Venus and Jupiter. However, the days before the horizon was quite dusty up to 30 degrees or so at sunset here at Kiripotib, Namibia….
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Quite a while ago I wrote a short test on the little cheap gem amongst the Nikon lenses; the 50mm F1.8 D. This looked promising enough to test the lens for real under the stars. Let’s look at how this lens is performing with astro photo’s. Using the Nikkor 50mm F1.8 for astrophotography In the test I noticed that the lens seems to be sharpest when used at F2.8 so I used this setting to…
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I have this little lens already for 8 years or something, and have hardly used it even though it’s quite a decent lens. It gets good reviews and rightfully so. So after all these years it’s time to do a first test and see if this would be a good lens for astrophotography. Putting the Nikkor 50mm F1.8 AF-D to the test I tested the lens using a simple testchart to check the sharpness of…
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