The Zeiss ZF.2 50mm f/1.4 for Nikon is an excellent wide-aperture standard-range lens. Looking for a newer version of this lens? Check out the Zeiss Milvus ZF.2 50mm f/1.4. Key features include:

Advanced Optical Design. The ZF.2 50mm f/1.4’s symmetrical Planar lens was designed to eliminate aberrations while providing help produce professional-quality, high-microcontrast images with absolute color matching. This lens features Zeiss T* anti-reflective coatings to help combat lens flare and ghosting.

Manual-Focus Design. This lens sports a precise, ergonomically designed manual-focusing mechanism. While this is a fully manually focusing lens, the camera will confirm focus just as accurately as it would with an autofocus lens. The camera body will also automatically control aperture and give accurate E-TTL flash-metering information.

Communicates With the Camera. The ZF.2 designation adds a microchip to the lens that automatically lets the camera know time, aperture setting, and manual exposure settings, including those for cameras that are not AI-compatible. Since the lens now transmits the EXIF data, photographers no longer need to manually set the parameters. The ZF.2 lenses are optically identical to the original ZF lenses, so if these functions aren’t important to you, you can save some money by getting the original ZF mount.