NIKON NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S Portrait Fast Prime Lens for Nikon Z Mirrorless Cameras

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Nikons long awaited 85/1.8 prime for the Z-series is finally shipping and Im happy to report its been worth the wait. Design and build are as expected based on the existing f/1.8 series primes, which is to say relatively light and compact in a decent, if unremarkable, composite casing. AF is fast and accurate and the lens balances very nicely on my Z7. Image quality, as hoped, excels. The lens is tack sharp wide open right across frame. On testing, I can detect a very slight bump in sharpness at f/2.8 in the extreme corners on a planar subject (brick wall). But this is only detectable by making painstaking comparisons at the pixel level. You would never notice it in real world shooting. Simply choose your aperture, focus on any part of the frame at any distance and prepare to be amazed. Its all here. Biting (but not clinical) sharpness from wide open. Exquisite detail at the plane of focus. Beautiful creamy background blur. Smooth transitions. And exceptional colour purity, which is probably down to the remarkable lack of colour fringing, even on out-of-focus highlights. It all adds up to that look which only the best short telephoto lenses have: that beguiling combination of sharp details and glowing highlights against a soft wash of colour, all balanced in perfect harmony. The lens is just as well behaved on stopping down. Depth of field simply increases, untroubled as far as I can tell by any significant focus shift or field curvature, just as you expect and just as you want. No unpleasant surprises. Complaints? If pushed, I would say it doesnt focus quite as close I would like but, in fairness, thats true of every 85mm prime Ive ever used. Its just how it is. Some will say it should have been f/1.4. Not me. Not when its half the size and weight of those hero lenses. Not when the rendering is this good. I pair mine with the equally exceptional 14-30/4 zoom, which on my Z7 makes for a fantastic two lens kit for travel and backpacking. Highly recommended.

This is an amazing lens. Moved to Z mount a year ago, bought 85mm S lens; was so happy with it, bought this lens. Extremely happy with the lens, love the portraits from this, very sharp, bokeh is beautiful.

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The build of the lens is more than satisfactory not too heavy but plenty heavy. Autofocus is very fast and tack sharp right out the box. Image quality is second to none and a great value at this price point.

These new Nikon 1.8 lens are amazingly sharp .

It is a really good lens just for outside pictures

Brilliant portrait lens for the Z7. Well worth every penny.

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El lente funciona perfectamente y es muy Sharp