Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 169 reviews of Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G. The average rating for this product is 4.7/5, compared to an average rating of 4.4/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the size. The design is also mentioned favorably, but some have doubts about the reliability and price.

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On average, users rate this product 95/100 and experts rate this product 88/100.

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Amazon.co.uk review summary for Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G

alaTest has collected and analyzed 29 user reviews of Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Comments about the size and usability are on the whole positive. The price and design also get good comments. Many are critical about the reliability.

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93% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Bryan Carnathan (the-digital-picture.com)

Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor Lens

Is the Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor Lens right for you? Learn all you need to know about the Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Lens in The-Digital-Picture.com's review!

May, 2021

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Expert review by : Camera Labs (cameralabs.com)

Nikkor AF-S 85mm f/1.4G

Mar, 2011

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Expert review by (photoreview.com.au)

AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G Lens

A fast prime lens that's ideal for portraiture and suits photographers who want to shoot at f/1.4.

Overall this lens isa winner for portrait photographers, particularly on the D800 body. Our Imatesttesting showed it provided superior resolution to the 24-70mm zoom we used forour D800 tests and was well able to match expectations for the D800's...

Jul, 2012

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Expert review by : What Digital Camera (whatdigitalcamera.com)

Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G

Oct, 2010

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Expert review by (ephotozine.com)

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G review

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

Oct, 2010

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Expert review by : Szymon Starczewski (lenstip.com)

Nikon Nikkor AF-S 85 mm f/1.4G

Even two years ago the suggestions about refreshing the whole shorter prime lenses' line-up were among wishes the most often made when it came to the launches of new Nikon instruments. True, Nikon had some problems there. Older classic devices didn't...

high build quality ; splendid image quality in the frame centre ; very good image quality on the edge of the frame, even on full frame ; slight lateral chromatic aberration ; negligible distortion ; well-corrected coma in the corners of APS-C/DX sensor...

significant vignetting on full frame ; a bit too high coma in full frame corners ; distinct longitudinal chromatic aberration

Sep, 2010

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Expert review by : photodo.com (photodo.com)

REVIEW: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G

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

As is often the case, there is much more to how a lens performs than the resolution alone. In this case, Nikon's new 85mm f/1.4 certainly proved itself capable of producing images of very high resolution when stopped down a little.

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