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GiovanniAprea wrote:
The 85mm is my fav focal length, I found out back in time when I was a beginner shooting the 50/1.4D on a Fuji S5Pro, oh my, the colors, DR and WB of that camera, sluggish as hell but I thought of it as a film camera with a display and a memory card, the 50mm equaling 75mm was my sweet spot, along time I collected at least 5-6 85mm and all of them with a distinctive character, my dad's Nikkor 85/1.8A, a Contax Planar 85/1.4, a Nikon 85/1.8G, best value for the money, the so much desired 85/1.4D aka the cream machine... the 85/1.2 was like jumping off the edge of a cliff without to know what's at the bottom, tons of money for an amateur, big and heavy like a champagne bottle and expensive as a case of Dom Perignon, not a lens you carry for the sake of taking a snapshot but I do, take it for a ride just for the sake of it, did also a side to side test with the 85D on a D850, it is amazing, maybe not as dreamy as the old cousin but fantastic.
Last summer a friend got married where I live and asked me to take photos during the ceremony, I felt this to be too much of a responsibility for me and suggested to get an extra "real" photographer but this was a fake wedding to host their closest friends and family in a beautiful location so official photos were already there and they like my work as being long time friends I already took photos of them, long story short after sunset I solely used the 85 on a Z8 and to my surprise focus was spot on even tho I never bothered to learn how to use the super complicate and accurate AF system from the camera, when I showed them previews they were astonished and I got very much of a gratification.
I would get the 70-200 if I had to think about "work" but if could I'd add the 50/1.2 and the 135 Plena, these Nikon lenses are stunning, I don't know how the Sony/Zeiss render and I have no doubt they do great but Nikon one more time gave proof they know their s*it...
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I agree, the 85 1.2 is one of those magic lenses that, like the 105 1.4E, have a special look to them. It's not just about having a blown out background, it's about how they render, color, saturation, etc etc. What I also like about it is that they feel like a matched set across the 50 1.2 and 35 1.2 in terms of output, whereas the 105 1.4E tends to have a bit warmer feel to the files. This year I did quite a few senior portraits, and the 85 1.2 images stood out from the 70-200 f2.8E, so much so that I just left the latter at home for my last couple sessions. The lack of lens consistency was frustrating shooting Sony (and Canon to a similar degree), and likely why Nikon keeps their lens ecosystem closed for the time being. There's no doubt some solid lenses in Sony's lineup, but I want a cohesive kit of lenses that I know are going to deliver, not a hodge podge of different brands that have various tradeoffs or feel generic like much of the Sigma Art lenses. After a lot of poly-camera situations, the Nikon just is in that goldilocks zone for me. I am keeping an eye out for a ~$750 105 1.4E though... I shot this one of Jane Fonda with it, and I love how the gross LA lot looks blown out 
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