This is a wonderful lens and a must have for a wedding or portrait photographer. Beautiful color, Bokeh and sharp focus. Produces amazing photographs also in low light situations. Worth every penny!!

Of course, I'm thrilled! This is my dream lens, and it didn't disappoint. It was very well packaged, and a dream to use right out of the box.

The 85 mm F1.8D lens is one of the Nikon bargains. (3X less costly) This lens is fast, fairly small, and it focuses quickly and accurately, nice bokeh and render good skin tones. It is bit soft at wide open but works great for portraits.

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Improves Picture Quality; Professional Quality; Top notch product

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I was hesitant to get this lens as I wasn't convinced that it would be worth the extra cost over the 85mm f 1.4D that I already own. After the first shooting session I was convinced!

Better edge-to-edge focus; Consistent Output; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Nice Bokeh; Quiet focus; Silent Wave Motor; Strong Construction

Image quality from this lens is excellent throughout. At 1.4 it can be a little soft but that's to be expected. Skin tones are fantastic and very flattering due to the slightly warm tint it produces. The AF is very accurate and consistent although not particularly fast.

Bokeh; Great Picture Quality; Skin Tones

Incredible lens, quickly became my favorite - surprisingly easy to carry and produces excellent images, both of scenes and portraits - great contrast and really sees "light" better than most!

"Balances wonderfully with a D600. Bokeh is excellent for portraits, flowers, etc. However, I prefer the more versatile and extremely sharp 24-70 2.8 for landscape and street photography.

the best portrait lens ever I have used

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

Great professional level lens. Makes unbelievable portrait pictures.

Excellent pictures

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