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The Nikon Z 85mm f/1.2 S is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2023. The focus is done by Stepper Motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 3299 €;
25 users have given it an average vote of 9.5 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Nikon Z: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Nikon Z.
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Opinion:Recently bought selling, reluctantly, the Nikon 105 f1.4, a truly extraordinary lens for sharpness and blur but which I used with FTZ. Not liking adapters I decided to sell the only F lens still in my possession for this amazing 85 f1.2. What can I say, soft and progressive blur that creates dreamlike, almost dreamlike imprints and that, due to the extreme sharpness even at f1.2, takes your hand and you would always shoot wide open. The optics are very versatile and less limiting than the 105, especially indoors, and have an excellent build quality, except for the lens hood that looks like the tube of a stove (they could do it at least petal like that of the 50 f1.2). It's a focal length that I love and that I was waiting for a long time seeing the images that the Canon counterpart returned, the only sore point is the price, even if in part justified by the quality and the lens, and the size: it weighs and weighs almost like a 70-200 2.8 !! I managed to find a refurbished specimen on Nikon Store and, given the favorable price together with the sale of the 105 1.4, I couldn't resist. Did I do it right? I'll know in a few months when I use it in more demanding jobs than a few shots on the fly of a model, but I think that this lens only to the Z9 with which it matches perfectly, will give me great satisfaction. Last but not least, I have to mention the speed and silence of the AF that with Z8/Z9 doesn't miss a shot even at TA
Pros:It's the culmination of Nikon's optical expertise
Cons:The lens hood, not even third parties would be able to make it so poor
Opinion:I love very bright lenses so after buying the fantastic 50mm f1.2 I couldn't miss this beautiful lens too! What can I say, over the course of decades of amateur photography I have owned the best 85 but something like this had never happened to me, finding together a fairytale bokeh and a devastating resolution is certainly not everyday stuff! And like the "little brother" 50mm is an easy lens, you immediately get in tune with it and after a hundred shots you feel it is yours, it is as if you have had it for a lifetime. No chromatic aberrations, no vignetting, and mounted on a Z9-type body it falls into your hand like a glove and gives you a rare lust. And you immediately forget about weight, size and economic commitment (moreover, in my opinion, commensurate with the value of the goal). The only drawback is the lens hood: it is not petal-shaped like that of the 50 but rather tubular and built with a plastic so poor that you feel discomfort just touching it. I understand everything but with such a lens hood is not worthy of a big brand, you can't look for savings on optics of this range. And anyway in my very personal ranking of Nikon lenses this lens goes to reach the first place the aforementioned 50mm, and both overtake the 200 f2, more I don't know what else to say. I realize that it is particularly difficult to explain the advantages of an ultrafast to those who prefer cheaper lenses so I don't even try, as far as I'm concerned I'm waiting for the next 28 or 24mm from Nikon, obviously f 1.2! To close an observation: in over 40 years of amateur photography I have owned and duly tested a huge number of Nikon lenses but these 85 and 50 always 1.2 are imperiously at the top of my very personal ranking. The Plena, a great lens that I also own, comes only a moment later...
Pros:CT rendering, Colors, Three-dimensionality, Aesthetics, AF,
Cons:Decades of waiting to make it happen, price in some respects
Opinion:There are 85mm and there are 85mm, this is out of category! Lens that you obviously buy to shoot at 1.2, closing below f/2 is equivalent to throwing money away. The performance is superb, the aesthetics of the lens are fantastic (the 1.8 in comparison looks aesthetically like a roll of black toilet paper although it is qualitatively excellent. It would have been a great lens if they had kept the form-factor of the G for F-mount), and the weight on the z7II is balanced. Of course then, session album printed in a3 and some 90cm prints on the short side, they are jaw-dropping! I have a friend with the Canon counterpart (r5+ 85 1.2) and we really enjoyed this portrait session! These two lenses are superb, mine is obviously my favorite being me in Nikon but they are more or less the same thing! Other brands are thousands of light years behind. Price is only a problem for those who want to see price as an issue! Rated 10L.
Opinion:It took at least 30 years and a bayonet change to finally get an 85mm 1.2 AF from Nikon.Ma it was worth it... As a lens manufacturer, Nikon has always been a bit above average and is now taking the stage in defiance of the competition: this lens is absolutely the best it has been possible to conceive. It is true, it does not cost little and weighs a lot, but it is excellently balanced both on Z6II and on Z9, as if to reiterate that it is prestige optics. To me it seemed better balanced than the 50 1.2 and, with these weights and dimensions, it was not at all obvious. Superb sharpness, Digital Camera puts it far above the equivalent Canon Rf (which I remember erased forever the magic of the old EF, which I still own ...), even at full aperture. Never annoying or surgical, only very important at all openings, it sports exemplary bokeh and optimal highlight control. For the rest it is the wand of Harry Potter: from him arise spells and magic that no brand today can give in equal measure. It will become the new reference for this focal length. I quickly compared it with the Canon EF which is a real masterpiece and, although it came out victorious, it reconfirms the goodness of the Canon project of the time. the Canon is less sharp, especially at full aperture and with aberrations and flare much more pronounced, but we are still talking about a very old optical scheme. Nikon has the merit of having exceeded certain limits, but of having maintained the magic. Coast? And we would miss it!
Pros:bokeh, yield, maximum aperture, low vignetting
Cons:Price not in line with competitors, light ghosting at MFD + TA
Opinion:After 5 sets of portraits I can finally give a first judgment on this lens, the first of its kind for the Japanese house and if it makes you pay dearly (compared to the Canon version for example). However, if it can be useful, interesting or intriguing a lens for portraits with the maximum aperture at 1.2, it is worth every single euro. In my kit it replaced the Sigma ART 105mm f/1.4 and the 85mm f/1.8 and I do not regret having sold any of the 2 lenses, which are still excellent. In terms of resolution and sharpness you eat the 105 of Sigma which was the sharpest lens I had ever used, at the level of Bokeh, three-dimensionality and fall-off of the planes of fire is in an alloy alone (perhaps together with the 50 1.2 but I have never tried). The size and weight are not the best, but they are still more manageable than the Sigma and are in line with expectations for the quality obtained. The handling of chromatic aberrations and vignetting also seems class-leading to me for this focal length. The only technical note that can be improved can be found at f/1.2 shooting at 85cm (MFD) from the subject: on test charts there is a slight loss of contrast in situations of direct light, solvable by increasing the contrast in post-production with 1 click (the resolving power is not affected, nor the chromatic tones); I add, however, that in "real cases" of portraits this problem is not appreciable. It will be a lens that will have a fixed dwelling in the photographic backpack
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