hardlyboring wrote:
If you have made up your mind then why even ask? If you like the 85L so much then use that...in the end it is just a lens.
Also Spencer I do believe the actual body of the 1.4 and 1.8 as well as the other G lenses are made of the magnesium composite. There is little info on this and people \"claim\" online it is plastic but my buddy who works at MPEX just confirmed it is thin magnesium alloy with other plastic parts.
Also form are you shooting a double Nikon and Canon setup? How can you afford to have 85\'s in both the Canon and Nikon variety? I used to shoot the wide side on Canon and the tele side on Nikon but it sounds like you have a double kit....still trying to decide?
I am trying to get feedback about whether the 85 f/1.4g does better at the nature of the bokeh than the 85 f/1.8g as compared to the Canon 85L, because I want to know if it will give me more of the effect I get from the 85L except on Nikon. I don\'t want to buy the 85 f/1.4g if I won\'t be satisfied with it. I own the 85L and 85 f/1.8g now.
I can afford the lenses because they are generally a one-time purchase, and also because I have been making the canon-to-nikon \"transition\" very, very slowly.
I want to like Nikon (because the body is really nice) but I keep running into issues with lens performance of the two focal lengths I use the most (35, 85). I am basically at the point where I want to make a long-term decision soon to either keep going towards Nikon (currently just 1 body and 2 lenses) or to dump my Nikon stuff and go back to all Canon. I\'m trying to get feedback and as much information as possible before I make this very financially-significant decision.
So...the lenses may be the turning point for me whether I keep Nikon or go back to all Canon. In spite of the great Nikon sensor, in spite of the great functionality of Auto ISO with EV adjustment and spot metering on any active point, in spite of the DK-17M eyepiece magnifier and the very good AF tracking of the 85 f/1.8g...if the lenses don\'t give me the \"look\" I want no matter whether the subjects are focus or not, then the Nikon system will have to remain a sideline set for me and I may sell it off.
The magnesium is supposedly part of the components inside Nikon lens bodies and not part of the outer shell (which is plastic) by most reports I have found.
hardlyboring wrote:
If you have made up your mind then why even ask? If you like the 85L so much then use that...in the end it is just a lens.
Also Spencer I do believe the actual body of the 1.4 and 1.8 as well as the other G lenses are made of the magnesium composite. There is little info on this and people \"claim\" online it is plastic but my buddy who works at MPEX just confirmed it is thin magnesium alloy with other plastic parts.
Also form are you shooting a double Nikon and Canon setup? How can you afford to have 85\'s in both the Canon and Nikon variety? I used to shoot the wide side on Canon and the tele side on Nikon but it sounds like you have a double kit....still trying to decide?
I am trying to get feedback about whether the 85 f/1.4g does better at the nature of the bokeh than the 85 f/1.8g as compared to the Canon 85L, because I want to know if it will give me more of the effect I get from the 85L except on Nikon. I don\'t want to buy the 85 f/1.4g if I won\'t be satisfied with it. I own the 85L and 85 f/1.8g now.
I can afford the lenses because they are generally a one-time purchase, and also because I have been making the canon-to-nikon \"transition\" very, very slowly.
I want to like Nikon (because the body is really nice) but I keep running into issues with lens performance of the two focal lengths I use the most (35, 85). I am basically at the point where I want to make a long-term decision soon to either keep going towards Nikon (currently just 1 body and 2 lenses) or to dump my Nikon stuff and go back to all Canon. I\'m trying to get feedback and as much information as possible before I make this very financially-significant decision.
So...the lenses may be the turning point for me whether I keep Nikon or go back to all Canon. In spite of the great Nikon sensor, in spite of the great functionality of Auto ISO with EV adjustment and spot metering on any active point, in spite of the DK-17M eyepiece magnifier and the very good AF tracking of the 85 f/1.8g...if the lenses don\'t give me the \"look\" I want no matter whether the subjects are focus or not, then the Nikon system will have to remain a sideline set for me and I may sell it off.
The magnesium is supposedly part of the components inside Nikon lens bodies and not part of the outer shell (which is plastic) by most reports.
Jan 01, 2013 at 09:53 PM
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