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Nikon 50mm f2: Weight & Portability

14 positive · 6 mixed · 10 critical mentions across 30 sources.

what i'm getting out of both of these lenses as of right now in terms of weight the nikon is 2.4 pounds or 1090 grams the sony is 1.7 pounds or 778 grams and the canon is 2.09 pounds or 950 grams again the nikon wins on size and size alone now when nikon came out with the larger mount
— Jared Polin (source)
at 260 g or just over half a pound it doesn't feel heavy at all it's based on a metal lens mount with a weather sealing gasket Around The Edge on the side there are some simple Focus control switches including a focus limiter then comes the rubberized Focus ring it turns very smoothly and it works…
— Christopher Frost (source)
and call it 200 grams and its overall weight there so you know obviously very light overall but with a little bit of heft due to the fact that this is all metal and glass and i will note a really beautifully damped focus ring and the aperture ring are really the only two things that there are to…
— Dustin Abbott (source)

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