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Nikon 85mm
- Thread starter pesto
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I just got this lens-- 85mm 1.8g. Very light. So far so good but have not really had a great chance to take it through a lot of testing. I am interested in comparing it to my Canon 85 1.2 and the nikon 70-200mm VRII. I did a few walk around bokeh comparisons with the Nikon 105mm macro when i was shooting some planted flowers on the Stanford Campus. While the bokeh with the 85mm was decent, the macro was generally more pleasing. Here is a shot with the 85mm 1.8 at 1.8.
Jack thanks .. yes this was one of my favorites from the series. I am pleased with its performance so far.
For closer images, I still love the macro. I am not jumping up and down with the distant images I took with the macro but need to examine a bit more before making final judgement. I was hoping only to need the macro... since close in focal length
For closer images, I still love the macro. I am not jumping up and down with the distant images I took with the macro but need to examine a bit more before making final judgement. I was hoping only to need the macro... since close in focal length
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
At twice the price and twice the weight, the macro better perform. Still, for portraits and travel, I'd prefer the 85mm. It even seems to be a worthy competitor to the f/1.4 version. Unfortunately, I have neither.
Lars
Active member
I'm just about to sell my 85/1.4D - so many good options out there now. 85/1.8G looks like a winner in the budget department, Sigma 85/1.4 seems to have fantastic bokeh, Zeiss 85/1.4 and of course Nikon 85/1.4G seem excellent in every aspect. Quite a different range of choices than a few years ago.