The first thing you notice with this lens is the great chunk of glass that makes up the front element. It is simply awesome. The lens is also quite heavy but this is really easy to live with when you see the results of this beautiful lens. It is tack sharp from corner to corner.

I've long been waiting to own this amazing piece of glass and was worried I had built it up to be more than it could deliver. Not so, on the D700 this is a superb setup for portraits, and is a great/fast lens for candids. Amazing bokeh!

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Nice Bokeh; Rugged; Strong Construction

Thank you Richard for running this to the post office for me and sending it so quick! I needed the lens to shoot a wedding and he was right on top of it! I truly appreciate the awesome service and I am so excited to use my new lens!

This is a pro grade lens - you can tell because it's mostly metal, weighs half a kilo and costs xxxxx (a lot). Personally I think it's worth every penny if you're after a pin sharp portrait lens that will probably last forever.At low f stops it does display a bit of an issue with contrast and border...

Build Quality; Low distortion; picture quality is phenominal

motor can be slightly noisy; Price

This is a heavy, all metal lens. Even the lens hood is metal. The drawback is I can't turn the hood around and screw it onto the lens while not using it, so risk of loss is high. Otherwise, the lens itself is really nice, takes beautiful, sharp portraits with creamy bokeh, as I expected.

Consistent Output; Durable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Nice Bokeh; Strong Construction

Heavy

I've owned this lens for years and it was a bargain when I bought it. With the recent fast portrait glass released form Sigma and the updated Nikon 105E, the used prices of this legend are continuing to fall.

It is just big enough to bludgeon someone with, but not so big that you don't want to bring it with you; Built like a tank, bokeh is somewhere between yummy and delicious; Stopped down, it is a really well behaved, sharp lens for studio portraits

It's biggest sins are lacking weather sealing and flare; but that is even debatable because it handles flare rather gracefully

While I hope to create a full Nikon 85mm f/1.4D AF IF Lens, my first priority is to include results from this lens in the lens comparison tools available on the site. This page currently exists because it is required by the database and content management systems for me to post information and...

Elegance lens design with metal outer and inner barrel. Everything was made in Japan including the hood. Very usuable at F1.4 with excellent sharpness at F2.8 and onward. I've skipped the so called 50mm standard lens coz I think 85mm is a better focal length for use with FX sensor as a general...

Excellent sharpness and built like a tank

No macro