The price tag might not suit everyone's budget, but this optic's performance is hard to argue with

Solid MTF figures

Hefty price

Nikon's flagship wide aperture portrait lens receives a facelift, gaining a silent-wave focusing motor and Nano Crystal Coatings to reduce ghosting and flare. Here, Gary Wolstenholme takes a look at how it performs.

Good resolution performance; Beautiful out of focus blur; Excellent build quality; Negligible levels of CA; Good resistance to flare and ghosting

Maybe a touch pricey; but you get what you pay for

The Nikkor AF-S 85mm f/1.4G was announced August 2010. It's the longest of four prime lenses sporting an f1.4 focal ratio in Nikon's current range, with the 50mm, 35mm and 24mm completing the line-up.

While I hope to create a full Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Lens, my first priority is to include results from this lens in the lens comparison tools available on the site. This page currently exists because it is required by the database and content management systems for me to post information and...

A wide aperture short-telephoto lens with a silent focusing motor and Nikon's latest Nano Crystal lens coatings.

Good resolution performance; Beautiful out of focus blur; Excellent build quality; Negligible levels of CA; Good resistance to flare and ghosting; Maybe a touch pricey; but you get what you pay for

Good resolution performance; Beautiful out of focus blur; Excellent build quality; Negligible levels of CA; Good resistance to flare and ghosting; Maybe a touch pricey; but you get what you pay for

If you ask yourself if you really need this lens... then you don't need it (maybe the D version instead).

Sharpness incredible stopped down and very good to great between f/1.4 and f/2.8

LoCA; would need a bit more sharpness in the center wide open; a bit plasticky feeling (but I can guarantee it won't give up as easily as genotypewriter thinks

This is a wonderful lens and a must have for a wedding or portrait photographer. Beautiful color, Bokeh and sharp focus. Produces amazing photographs also in low light situations. Worth every penny!!

Of course, I'm thrilled! This is my dream lens, and it didn't disappoint. It was very well packaged, and a dream to use right out of the box.

The 85 mm F1.8D lens is one of the Nikon bargains. (3X less costly) This lens is fast, fairly small, and it focuses quickly and accurately, nice bokeh and render good skin tones. It is bit soft at wide open but works great for portraits.

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Improves Picture Quality; Professional Quality; Top notch product

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