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The Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4 G is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2010. The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 861 €;
87 users have given it an average vote of 9.7 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Nikon.
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Pros: Sharpness, bokeh, overall clean and lively images, acceptable MF
Cons: Some longitudinal CA wide open; moderately fast AF; some coma wide open. Expensive.
Opinion: The focal length is somewhat odd (I feel more at ease with either 58 or 105), and is traditionally used for (shoulder) portraits. In this roles, it is an excellent lens, with adequate sharpness wide open already.
Widest aperture is however not very useful for shoulder portraits, depth of field being insufficient in most cases. I found this lens particularly useful at f/2.2, where the blur is less pronounced and the bokeh still excellent. Full aperture may be useful in very low light, or for "creative" shots.
Another interesting area is night shots, where this lens performs well thanks, inter alia, to its coatings. There is some visible firefly-like coma wide open, which is acceptable because it is not "smeared".
Handling is quite good: this lens is biggish but not very heavy, and acceptable as a walk-around lens if you do not mind drawing attention (or if you *seek* attention).
On the negative side, this lens costs an arm and a leg. Please note that for portraits, you could as well use an old 105/2.5 wide open and get nice, though not identical, results.
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Pros:Magic, three-dimensionality, depth and detachment of planes; bokeh; Colors; incarnated; Portability and agility
Cons:AF not very fast or accurate on the first shot; sharpness at ta not great; Purple fringing visible in critical shooting conditions
Opinion:I came from D, whose soft and mellow bokeh I loved, but which with focus sometimes made me miss precious shots. So I decided to switch to G. It is not an "easy" lens: sharpness at full aperture is sometimes critical, just as purple fringing appears critical in certain shooting conditions (subject in full backlight against a window or light source). The AF is not very fast, even on Z9 (and FtZ) it sometimes shows difficulties. But if you get the shot right, it gives images with full colors but at the same time soft and realistic, with dreamy atmospheres thanks to the magic of three-dimensionality and the detachment of the planes. Many and many times I have been undecided whether to sell it and take the Art, of which I hear very good things, but... In the end, I can't tear myself away from it.
Pros:Bokeh, AF precision, sharpness, af precision, professional, weight!!
Cons:At the moment none (even in 2023), maybe a few years ago the price, but now you buy at a "humane" price
Opinion:Apart from the 85 1.2s which costs a kidney, I can say that the 85 1.4g is an amazing optic. Unbeatable in portraits, sharp at full aperture and never too harsh on people's faces, wonderful bokeh, one of the best 85 ever. It is now in excellent condition under 800 euros, really a bargain considering the optical quality. it also works very well on the new Z, with even more precise AF. It's a professional lens made to work, he's never taken a picture of me. Then it weighs just right, exactly half of the sigma art, and 600g of difference is an exaggeration. On mirrorless it works very well, and it's not even unbalanced with the FTZ. It costs the same as the new 85 1.8, but unfortunately for the latter it is not a 1.4, which in certain situations is needed (at least for what I do) and brings home the photo..
Opinion:Really excellent lens, if you do portrait you must have it, creepy sharpness, low weight, vignetting and chromatic aberrations not received, sometimes under intense light sources some flare, but in large diameter lenses it is quite normal. Maybe a better designed hood would have improved the situation. Perhaps the hood is the weak point of the lens. Pleasant and soft colors. Lightweight, and it's no small thing on a SLR. Taken used, although difficult to find it, The price of the new is only for professionals.
Opinion:I was a happy owner of a new nital AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G that I really liked then I found version 1.4. From a photographer I knew, I bought it for 750 (used). If I have to look at the purely economic point of view it was not worth changing it, in the end I paid over 1000 euros with the capital loss of 309 euros of 1.8. With that price you buy a used one and you have some money left. If I look instead at the extra step I made in terms of quality, well a nice convinced. The portraits I take them at TA and a focal length to have for this type of photo. If you don't have budget 1.8 is very very good. if you want that something extra 1.4. Beware that the pieces the new round of the series g are now few. (just go to the site photo Colombo and you notice at the time of writing they have nothing of the G series. Now nikon is focusing on Z that I do not like at all, cost more, are mediocre (I had the 50 1.8 taken and resold new. I prefer to use AFS 1.4 with FTZ adapter). 50mm 1.8 new over 600 euros crazy stuff that with 250 you take 1.8 and 499 1.4. Rating 9,5
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