Model: Nikon Ai-s Nikkor 85mm f/1.4Its tiny, its twice as fast as even the very fastest of zooms, is built like a jewel, and has great optical quality on all fronts. This item can be shipped worldwide. The seller is mosir65 and is located in Kawasaki-shi. This item is in the category Cameras & PhotoLenses & FiltersLenses. The item NEAR MINT withHood NIKON Nikkor Ai-s Ais 85mm f1.4 Portrait Lens from Japan B141 is in sale since Monday, August 2, 2021.
I’m also pleased Canon’s introducing more affordable models in the native line-up. If you’re desperate for an 85 1.4 at a more affordable price, look to Samyang or Sigma, but the combination of great quality optics even wide-open, attractive rendering, useful close-ups and optical IS make the RF 85mm f2 a no-brainer for EOS R owners. The biggest issue is the wealth of alternative 85s to choose from, including a bunch from Canon, but the RF 85mm f2 represents a step-up in overall quality, close focusing and potential burst speed over the old EF 85 1.8 and is a lot more affordable than the faster 85s in Canon’s range. Throw in optical stabilisation that benefits bodies with or without IBIS and you have a very compelling lens for the money. Like the RF 35mm f1.8 before it, there’s no weather sealing, the lens hood is not included and the macro capabilities may be limited to 1:2 magnification - or half actual size - but that’s still sufficient for most people and the results can look great from a more practical distance than the 35. The f2 focal ratio may not deliver as much background blur as faster models, but there’s still plenty of potential for shallow depth-of-field effects, while the face and eye detection on the EOS R bodies makes it easy to grab focused portraits wherever the subject is on the frame.
Though you do need to pay close attention to lens condition as they all tend to have more wear than other lenses. Announced in July 2020 it’s one of the more affordable lenses in the RF system.Nikon also made 85mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/2 lenses which are more reasonably priced. (1977 Nikon EL2, 1982 Nikon 85mm f/2 AI-s, Nikon A2 filter, Fuji Velvia 50, f/4 at 1/90 at 3 feet, process and scan at NCPS, Perfectly Clear.) IntroductionThe Canon RF 85mm f2 Macro is a short telephoto lens for the EOS R mirrorless system. Infinity, Avila Beach, 8:20 AM, 12 April 2013. Buy it now! Check prices on the Canon RF 85mm f2 at B&H, Adorama or WEX! Alternatively get yourself a copy of my In Camera book or treat me to a coffee! Thanks!Shot with Nikon FA (chrome), Nikkor 85mm f/2 AIS, program auto, AMP metering, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan.
If you’re happy to adapt an EF mount lens, there’s also Canon’s EF 85mm f1.8, 85mm f1.4L IS or 85mm f1.2L, along with Tamron’s 85 1.8 VC, and Sigma’s 85 1.4 Art – plus we can all hope Sigma starts offering its latest mirrorless versions in the RF mount sooner rather than later. At the more affordable-end, Samyang now offers an 85mm f1.4 with autofocus in the native RF mount for roughly the same price as the Canon 85 f2 Macro, although sadly they weren’t interested in joining this comparison when I asked them. These are considerably higher-end lenses, costing $2700 or $3000 for the DS version with a softer bokeh effect. Throw-in optical stabilisation and you have a compelling lens at a tempting price and in this review I’ll show how it performs for subjects near and far, and also how it compares to alternative 85mm lenses.Canon owners certainly aren’t short of 85mm options – in fact the RF 85mm f2 becomes the third 85 from Canon in the native RF mount, joining a pair of earlier f1.2 models. The 85mm focal length and f2 aperture makes it perfect for portraits, while close-focusing allows it to double-up as a fairly respectable macro lens with 1:2 or half-actual size magnification.
Meanwhile the standout benefit of the 85 1.2 is of course its much brighter aperture and opportunities for shallower depth-of-field effects.Above: The RF 85mm f2 is 78mm in diameter, 91mm long, weighs 500g and has a 67mm filter thread. Of these three, only the RF 85mm f2 sports optical stabilisation and close focusing. Side by side it’s shorter, but to use it on an EOS R body you’ll need to fit it with an adapter (pictured here), making it almost the same size. Meanwhile on the right is the ageing but popular EF 85mm f1.8 from 1992 which is still selling almost three decades later for around $400 dollars or pounds, making it roughly two thirds the price of the 85 f2 Macro. It’s all in the video below (available 2pm UK time 19/10/20), but if you prefer a written version, just keep scrolling!Above: Here’s the RF 85mm f2 in the middle, joined by the RF 85mm f1.2 on the left, a much heftier lens that’s more than double the weight and over four times the price.
Nikon 85Mm F2 Ais Review Manual Focusing Ring
The latest EOS R bodies make portraiture easy with face and eye detection, but as you’ll see, the three lenses all delivered different results.Above: Placing them side-by-side with the 85mm f2 Macro flanked by the RF 85 1.2 on the left and the EF 85 1.8 on the right reveals the higher contrast of the two RF models and of course the shallower depth-of-field of the f1.2 model on the left. Neither was the old EF 85mm f1.8, but the higher-end RF 85mm f1.2 lenses are weather-sealed and as L-models also include lens hoods.Above: Right, now for my comparisons, starting with portraits, and all the samples I’ll show you were taken with an EOS R5 running v1.1.1 firmware. Annoyingly hoods still aren’t supplied as standard on Canon’s non-L lenses, and as a quick correction to my RF 600 and 800 review, the hoods turned out to be optional accessories on those models too.Above: Unsurprisingly as a more affordable model in the series, the RF 85mm f2 is not sealed against dust and moisture. Meanwhile the ET-77 lens hood is available as an optional extra for about $50. Like all RF lenses, it may lack the physical focusing window of older EF models like the 85mm f1.8, but the broader rotation, smoother ring and electronic feedback makes it easier to manually focus. In the middle is a smooth motor-assisted manual focusing ring, and at the end a customisable control ring.
Also notice the focus fall-off on my beard and hat. The 1.2 on the left is obviously the best if you want to obliterate the background with blur, but all three are capable of effective subject separation.Above: Zooming-in for a closer look tells the same story as before though, with both new RF models out-performing the old EF lens as you’d expect. It was simply never designed for this kind of resolution.Above: Just before moving on, here’s another set of portraits side-by-side, where the rendering in the background is again the biggest difference. Now there may be an issue with my own 85 1.8, but remember it’s almost 30 years older from a time of film SLRs and even a better-behaved sample is unlikely to perform anywhere near as well as a modern lens. I retook this shot multiple times but failed to get an improvement when using the R5’s face and eye detect autofocus.Above: Switching to manual focus allowed me to achieve a fractionally better result as seen here, but it remains less crisp than the newer RF models to its left.
All three share a similar rendering style though with none taking the lead on outlining or onion-ringing. At first glance there’s not much to tell them apart at f2, but look closer and you’ll notice the effect of the aperture blades on the 1.2 and 1.8 models, versus the 85 f2 which of course is operating wide-open here so has the most rounded edges to its bokeh blobs. The RF 85mm f2 can get much closer, focusing down to 35cm and I’ll be showing much more of that in a moment.Above: But first let’s compare the three lenses side-by-side, all three at f2. Both the RF 85 1.2 and old EF 85 1.8 share a similar minimum distance of 85cm, so that’s what I’ve used here – oh and I manually focused the EF lens here to be sure. For this test I positioned the camera at the closest distance that all three lenses could focus on the star ornament. Again my sample may be at fault and your mileage may vary, but old lenses designed for film SLRs are unlikely to match modern lenses on high resolution digital bodies.Above: The rendering of a lens designed for portraiture is very important, so in my next test I’m going to compare the three lenses for bokeh blobs.
I expected the f2 and 1.8 models to be very similar here, but the older EF model is delivering visibly bigger blobs. While all three share similar rendering styles as well as oval-shaped blobs in the corners, it’s unsurprisingly the RF 1.2 on the left that’s delivering the largest blobs when wide-open. Here the octagonal shape of the old EF 85mm’s aperture blades becomes quite apparent, while the RF 1.2’s nine blades are a little more discrete, but impressively I’d say the RF f2 retains the roundest shape.Above: And finally, let’s compare them all at their maximum apertures, showing the greatest potential for blob size without the aperture blades getting in the way.
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