Lens Testing - Nikon 85F1.8 AF (non-D) - page 3
Non-scientific, seat-of-the-pants shots with a Nikon 85 F1.8 AF lens. When I got my D700 I took out several lenses one at a time to see how they performed on FX.
I've had this lens since about 1994, and I've always liked it on film and
digital DX format. I'm pretty happy with it for portraiture, but I wanted to see how it performed in less-specialized uses so I took it for a walk around the neighborhood.
It is a bit soft wide open, vignettes somewhat, doesn't focus all that closely, and it only stops down to F16, so you can only get so much depth of field. These characteristics make it much more of a specialty (portrait) lens than a general purpose prime. I still like it.
I've had recent issues getting the focus point where I want it when shooting portraits, and I need to carefully check autofocus accuracy with AF Tuning on my D700.
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NIKON D700, 1/400, F8
Comparing depth of field at F8 and
shallower apertures.
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NIKON D700, 1/6400, F1.8
Comparing background cactus at F1.8 to
previous shot at F8.
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NIKON D700, 1/5000, F2.2
Judging sharpness and contrast
stopped down just a bit from
wide open.
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NIKON D700, 1/60, F16
Judging depth of field at F16,
which is closed down as far
as this lens goes.
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NIKON D700, 1/200, F9
Compare background at F9 to
next image at F1.8. But compare
sharpness and contrast as well.
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NIKON D700, 1/5000, F1.8
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