This is the first Nikon lens I've ever been disappointed with. The chromatic aberration is terrible, even when stopped down, and no amount of AF fine tune seems to fix it. It didn't affect every shot, but it's there in at least 50% of them, and clearly visible without even zooming in to 100% It's...

I got my hands on one of the Nikon 58mm f/1.4g lenses. Check out some sample images and advice here. http://vigorotaku.blogspot.com/2013/12/nikon-58mm-14g.html Nikon 58mm f/1.4g at Vigorotaku.com I hope that you find this...

Excellent color rendition and bokeh

This lens is amazing. I have used many lens from classic ais to modern day lenses. And so far to date this is the best lens I have ever used. This 58mm coupled with my D810 is the perfect balance. Colours are bright and sharp and it has beautiful bokeh.

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Quick Focus; Strong Construction

"the 58mm pays homage to the original nikkor 58mm, which the company believes is the closest focal length as the human eye. This F1.4 lens makes a perfect street photography lens, with decent bokeh"

While I hope to create a full Nikon 58mm f/1.4G AF-S Lens evaluation, my first priority is to include results from this lens in the lens comparison tools. This page currently exists because it is required by the database and content management systems for the posting of those standard test results.

This standard lens from Nikon costs around ￡1560 and sports a bright f/1.4 maximum aperture, silent focusing and nano-crystal coatings to help control ghosting and flare. The 58mm focal length is reminiscent of the old AI 'Noct' Nikkor that was designed specifically for shooting in low light with a...

I got my hands on one of the Nikon 58mm f/1.4g lenses. Check out some sample images and advice here. http://vigorotaku.blogspot.com/2013/12/nikon-58mm-14g.html Nikon 58mm f/1.4g at Vigorotaku.com I hope that you find this...

Excellent color rendition and bokeh

I got my hands on one of the Nikon 58mm f/1.4g lenses

A bit strange successor it is as the difference in aperture fastness is really conspicuous. Still there are some that claim that currently, with so high and still useful ISO values available in reflex cameras, the difference between f/1.4 and f/1.2 can be negligible.

high image quality in the frame centre from f/2.8; very good control of the lateral chromatic aberration; not bothersome distortion; very good coma correction in the corners of APS-C/DX; nice blur images; moderate vignetting; sensible work against bright light

too much plastics in the casing for a top-of-the-range 50 mm device which is supposed to be a successor of the Noct-Nikkor; weak image quality in the frame centre near the maximum relative aperture; very weak image quality on the edge of the frame; longitudinal chromatic aberration could have been...

This new 58mm f/1.4 G is one of Nikon's best 50mm-range lenses, but no better than the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 G for one-quarter the price. This 58mm is a poser lens, intended to fill a vacant price point at the top of Nikon's lens line.

The problem with the 58mm f/1.4G really boils down to something simple: price/performance ratio. At US$1700 for a "normal" lens, you expect something outstanding, well beyond what you can get from the much lower priced f/1.4 and f/1.8 50mm lenses that are ubiquitous in the F mount.