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Pictures taken with Nikon's Nikkor 85mm
F/1.8 Lens.
A mid
tele-photo lens with great optics and coatings for better image
quality. Great for half body, shoulders and head shots. This lens is
an affordable option to the legendary Nikkor 85mm F/1.4. We found it
a tad soft at 1.8 but takes off @ f/2.2 and at f/4 & f/5.6 is
razor sharp. This lens has more conservative construction compared to
its bigger brother the Nikon
85mm F/1.4.
Depth-of Field is quite shallow wide open on this lens and we rarely
use it under F/2.8. The lens on a Nikon D70, D100 and even a D200
might be a little noisy when focusing. There is a big/better
differece in both, AF speed and focus-noise wise when used on my Nikon
F5
and any of the Nikon D2 series. Optically the lens is a marvel, razor
sharp and little color aberration (mostly visible at wide appertures
with high contrast scenes). This lens as well as the 85
1.4
and 105
F/2 DC
has a special character when it comes to skin tonality, have
that in mind as well before you read the next paragraph.
Let me be
clear here, you may have considered a Nikon
micro 105VR
or perhaps the guys at the forums are suggesting it as well. The
micro 105 is a lens designed for a different application. While you
can get a nice bokeh and sharpness out of the 105VR, you will get too
much contrast and unnatural skin tones. If you are intending to shot
portraits every blue moon, be my guest and consider the 105 macro. If
you are serious about your portraits, the 85 f/1.8 is the lens to go.
Another drawback on the 105 VR vs 85 is the weight and size,
(click below
to see what I mean).
I promise you
wont be disappointed with the 85 f/1.8  .
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Lens shown
without hood |
Lens shown
with hood on |
Size
comparison to 1.4 |
Great for
low-light and
portraiture within a budget.
--Must
get if in a budget, good performer a great value for the $$$!--
Approx street
price for the Nikon 85mm F/1.8
Lens: $399.95 USD.
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