Nikkor 58mm f/1.4 AFS The New Noct-Nikkor

[Bent Hjarbo]

I have the 50mm f1.2, and have also the focus problem, but now when using it on my Z6, it is much easier to get sharp images even af f1.4. So try it on your Z50, you may be surprised, and you don’t need the chipping

[Erik Lund]

There are many threads on the old one

https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=276.0
https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=4410.msg68961#msg68961

[MEPER]

I bit of a surgery. So that was you!
I have seen that rear element of the noct is so large that the metal/frame around it is very thin. I think it would have been an advantage with a larger mount. The rear element already has a bit of a "cut out" so it can fit. So everything is on its limits.

I have observed with the Z50 that focus a manual lens looks in viewfinder more like it did using old focus screens. When I used noct on D2X I got a split image focus screen installed.
58/1.2 noct on Z50 may be a good fit as corners will probably be better at 1.2

[Erik Lund]

I'm sure it's fantastic overall portrait city and landscape lens on a crop camera as well. Yes will be nice with focus on the Z50, even better with focus peaking Z& or Z7 of course, but then chipping is needed,,, I got it back in 2010 i believe, shooting it on the D3 and a lot of (IR) on the D200
BTW a selectable Internal CPU in the F to Z adapter has not yet been done I think,,, Birna? Maybe one day

[Hugh_3170]

Yes! 

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BTW a selectable Internal CPU in the F to Z adapter has not yet been done I think,,, Birna? Maybe one day

[Bent Hjarbo]

I'm sure it's fantastic overall portrait city and landscape lens on a crop camera as well. Yes will be nice with focus on the Z50, even better with focus peaking Z& or Z7 of course, but then chipping is needed,,, I got it back in 2010 i believe, shooting it on the D3 and a lot of (IR) on the D200
BTW a selectable Internal CPU in the F to Z adapter has not yet been done I think,,, Birna? Maybe one day

Focus peaking works even without CPU, but the "Gren" dot only works with CPU.

[Erik Lund]

On a Z50?

[Bent Hjarbo]

On a Z50?

Well I tested on a Z6, but it may be different on the Z50

[Erik Lund]

OK, just no green dot  that is right!

[Birna Rørslett]

Many lenses, with or without CPU, don't show the "green dot" on Z6/7. Many, but not all of them, do on the Z50.

Apparently lenses with the 'dandelion' chip won't turn on the green dot on any of the Z models.

[MEPER]

The highlight peaking is also available on Z50. I just turned it on. I had no idea that it had something to do with focus. It just thought it would show burned out highlights.

[Birna Rørslett]

Can be a useful or perhaps more often just a distracting feature. I have it OFF on all my Z bodies.

[MEPER]

It seems not to be very accurate for 100% critical focus at large apertures. The green square seems more accurate if it could work on lenses without contacts.

[Birna Rørslett]

Those are my general objections to the focus peaking feature: not sufficiently accurate, and visually disturbing. As 99% of my lenses do have CPU, there are green dots and squares aplenty. at least with the Z50.

[Frode]

Those are my general objections to the focus peaking feature: not sufficiently accurate, and visually disturbing. As 99% of my lenses do have CPU, there are green dots and squares aplenty. at least with the Z50.

I find the green dots working great with my AF- lenses, but not so with AI/S lenses.

Would a CPU make my manual lenses work better with the green dots?