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A few years ago, I rented the 85mm f/1.4G, I wasn¡¯t happy with it. It suffered from pretty bad Chromatic Abberations. Later I rented the 105mm f/1.4E, that¡¯s still a lens I want to own someday. It¡¯s an amazing lens for portraits, with a nice shallow DOF, so shallow in fact that nailing the focus is a real challenge. I¡¯ve also used the Nikkor Ai-S 105mm f/1.8 lens, it¡¯s good as long as you¡¯re not after sharpness when shooting wide open.
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I¡¯ve used an old Ai¡¯d 135mm f/2.8 in the past for portraits, and gotten good results. Though I mainly used that lens as a telephoto on my Nikon FM2. I don¡¯t remember if I¡¯ve used it on the D800, or just the D70 or D300. A note on 85mm lenses. I know jimbo swore by the 85mm f/1.4D, he hadn¡¯t tried the G (and I haven¡¯t tried the D). A little over a year ago, I was lucky enough to pick up a Nikkor Ai-S 85mm f/1.4, and it¡¯s a fantastic lens, though like the Ai-S 105mm f/1.8, it¡¯s a little soft wide open on my D800. Given the opportunity to get a cheap 85mm f/1.4D, I¡¯d probably go for it. I¡¯m actually planning to get a soft focus filter for the Nikkor Ai-S 85mm f/1.4. For Zoom's, I liked the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II when I rented it. I now own the 70-200mm f/2.8E VR, and it¡¯s one of the best lenses I own (that includes Leica and Hasselblad). It¡¯s now my primary lens for portraiture. On the 80-200, I can only speak about the manual focus versions, the original of which is garbage, but the last version was quite nice. I know the AF of the 80-200mm is well thought of. Zane On Jan 14, 2024, at 10:47 AM, Louis Weyl <lbweyl@...> wrote: |
