This is certainly a fantastic write-up.

This compact, affordable 85mm prime lens is an excellent choice for portrait photography and HD video recording; Its fast f/1.8 maximum aperture with manual control offers outstanding low-light performance, natural background blur and smooth aperture adjustments during Live View shooting.

Over all, This is a fantastic lens with beautiful clarity and sharpness and super perfect bokeh. It is by far the sharpest lens I own. I bought it for my D80 and it worked perfectly. However, shortly after I bought a D3300, and didnt think about the fact that this lens would not work with it.

One of Nikons best lenses also for digital cameras 800D but keep aperture not higher than 5.6-8. It is mechanically much better than its plastic successor and almost as good optically.

I have a couple of zooms that cover this range but I wanted a prime for people and pet photos. This lens fills the bill with more speed and IQ than the zooms and is compact in size.

Consistent Output; Easily Interchangeable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Lightweight; Made in Japan; Nice Bokeh; Strong Construction

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it's a great lens, very sharp from f/6.3 down to f/11 (as far as I've seen) autofocus is fast and just a bit noisier than the latest G lenses. the bokeh is beautiful. the only disadvantage is the weight, but also gives the feeling of a sturdy and resistant item. I'm very satisfied.

Very nice 85 1.8 prime lens at a great price (versus the 85 1.4 which is much much costlier). Does really well with portraits in all types of lighting. Have also used it for various outdoor applications as well as food photography which comes out very crisp and having the 1.8 aperture makes food...

Super portrait lens. Very sharp and great Bokeh. Fast enough and a pleasure to use. I pull this for use on my F100 with slow film.

Great Portraits and balance between cost and quality

Some guys like a little longer option

I own a D90, which is my fourth Nikon but my first DSLR. While killing time in a pawn shop I spotted an N8008 in great condition. My eyes popped out when I saw this lens attached. I checked to see if it focused, and bought it. The camera works perfectly.

Excellent shallow depth of field at full open aperture. Very Sharp. Better value and I suspect higher quality of construction than latest version but only consider if your camera can drive the focus system for autofocus. Very impressed with this lens. Good optical quality and solid construction.

Strong Construction

No bayonet for lens hood

Crutchfield has collected 2 user reviews for this product with an average rating of 5.0 out of 5 stars. The most recent reviewer said, "One stellar fact about this lens is that it's T-stop value is t/1.8.