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 Re: Nikon 85mm f1.8S Image & Resource Thread - 85 1.8 Z 1.8Z 1.8S glass lens images picture | |
Bokeh comparison Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 S and Zeiss Milvus 1.4/85mm. I consider the Milvus bokeh bold, while the Nikkor S bokeh is more timid. I assume that the larger front element of the f/1.4 Milvus lens (77mm vs. 67mm) is one of the main factors in the different bokeh characteristics.
zhangyue wrote:
AcuteShadows wrote:
zhangyue wrote:
I received this lens last Friday finally. Briefly tested it, another perfect copy that well centered sharp copy. I applaud Nikon's QA here, so far all my Z glasses are in spec out of box. at 45M, the requirement is quite brutal to have perfect copy like this.
Used it around home during weekend, I am totally convinced Z gonna be a huge hit for Nikon. Things start to becoming interesting now.
Optically, this lens is at another level as I fully expected.(I would say it beats most Zeiss and Leica glass in this range I ever used, I don't just value sharpness but transition, CA and bokeh) At $800, this is a bargain. You won't see 58G kind of smoothness or softness but sharpness feel very neutral and gentle with nice out of focus transition actually.
The lens focus is not that fast though and I can still hear focus motor sound. Focus by wire is the feature I always hate, if there is an implementation feel as good as real focus ring, I haven't met one. For lens like this, at flower and bug distance, you want using manual focus often. Only negative I can think of it now. Of course, I hope Nikon can boost the front element but keep f2 to have less mechanical vignette on bokeh ball and corner rendering, but I guess you can always buy future f1.2 glass and used it at f1.8 to have nice corner look 
Sorry, no time for images.
I found the Zeiss Milvus 1.4/85 at f/1.8 to be superior with regard to bokeh. Milvus bokeh is bold, while the Nikon Z bokeh is rather timid. The Milvus has a just a little bit more CA than the Nikon (which has practically no CA). If I don't need autofocus and weight is not an issue, I would almost always opt for the Milvus. There may be situations in which I would want the timid bokeh, let's see. I'm not sure whether I will be able to adapt to manual focus with a non-linear link from the ring to the focus mechanism, so for now manual focus with the Nikon is for non time-critical stuff only. Yet, for the price point, the Nikon 1.8/85 S is a major achievement, and it's actually a tad sharper than the Milvus.
Possible, I don't have experience with 85 milvus. I had OTUS briefly. The size difference is so huge to compare these. However, this 85S might be my favorite 85mm lens call It climbs quickly. I don't expect sharp lens like this have this kind of transition and bokeh. You call it timid, I call it perfection  The combination of color and flare resistance that keep clarity and fidelity under backlight is very impressive. The lens see better than my eyes under strong back light, try it.
I only wish it is a lens with real focus ring. The focus transition is free of problem, especially at close distance shallow DOF portrait (double edge or LoCA) very rare I have seen so far. You have to count my word here as I don't want post family portrait to illustrate this. The closest lens I can think of is Sigma 135Art but that one is also a monster and don't have the same back light performance.
I don't want over praise it and will stop here from now on. Let's just say it is personal
Some random shots around home for people who want get a feeling themselves about the lens.
 untitled-7 by ZHNL, on Flickr
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 untitled-22 by ZHNL, on Flickr
 untitled-6 by ZHNL, on Flickr
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