Best Bokeh Lense (Nikon)?

I'm planning on buying Nikon D7000. I'm a bokeh-holic, particularly the hollywood types,

Reference pictures:

Anyways, I'm looking at Nikkor AF-S 50mm f1.8G/f1.4G
My main use will be for Cosplay-photography, so not looking at longer focal lengths which I've seen a few websites recommending for good bokeh. I'm also planning to do some low light shots as well…

My point is, which lens would be more suitable for what I'm doing - both bokeh as well as overall shooting. I know the main difference is the aperture, so it's obvious to go for the f1.4, but a lot of the reviews have said that the f1.8 is better financially and photographically/not much difference at all in comparison to f1.4. Which would be worth the money?

It will be my first DSLR + Lens purchase and many of my friends are canon users, so excuse any misunderstanding I have made. Feel free to suggest anything else that may be helpful.

If you have pictures taken with D7000 and either lenses, for bokeh, please link!

It depends on you actually.
but for me, i would go for the f1.4. Because off course 1.4 is still faster and wider than the 1.8. But not much.
but if you are just on casual photography, and still bother on the price, go for the 1.8.it is still good and not bad at all.

Bokeh is a combination of technique and lens.

I have a Nikon AF 80-200mm f/2.8, and when setup correctly gives outstanding bokeh.

Here are a couple of examples:

Cream cheese bokeh:

In this photo, the green background is the ground, just a few feet away. Photo was taken at 200mm/f2.8. This makes for great portraiture, and some professional portraiture photographers have gone to 70-200mm f/2.8 or 80-200mm f/2.8 lenses for that reason.

Hollywood bokeh:

Hollywood requires point-source or reflected light. This photo was taken at night, and it was enlarged to show the smooth transitions in the light points. Notice all of the light edges are smooth, and none of them have sharp edges. While what makes good bokeh is subjective, soft edges is normally considered a good thing.

And in addition to great bokeh, the lens has a 9-blade diaphragm, and creates natural stars. This photo was taken au-naturale, that is, no star filter or star effect. The lens diaphragm itself created the star effect.

And the photo is enlarged to show the star effect:

So with this lens, if the point-source is in focus, you get stars - if it is out of focus, you get bokeh.

While there are other lenses that certainly will do these things, don't discount the telephoto lenses.

Actually, you only know the half of it. What makes for good background blur is a combination of aperture and focal length. I would say that there's a very good chance that those photos were shot with a lens with a focal length longer than 50mm. Something in the range of 85mm to 200mm.

If you want good boke, try the Nikkor 85mm, f/1.4 AF-S lens. It has the best of all worlds.

No question you want the 50mm f1.4 I've shot more footage than stills with the D7000 but I know that the 50mm f1.4 on it will give you great results. I shot this video with the D7000 and 2 lenses: Zeiss 85mm f1.4 and Nikon 50mm f1.4 You can look at my website to see my style for stills but I don't think any of the shots were shot on a D7000, more likely on D4, D3s and other bodies.

If you really want to be a Bokeh king, then why not try something a little special! I'd not recommend this as your only lens and definitely not as your first lens but the Lensbaby (http://www.lensbaby.com ) is rather special, even addictive.

Here's a link to the image I've pulled my avatar from: