1} AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
2} AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G
I already had a 35mm F1.4G & 70-200mm F2.8 VR2
So, which set will you go first?
I won't be shooting bugs..
But again, I don't have any lens that can shoot close up.
1} AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
2} AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G
I already had a 35mm F1.4G & 70-200mm F2.8 VR2
So, which set will you go first?
I won't be shooting bugs..
But again, I don't have any lens that can shoot close up.
Thx for all you input, I will go for 85mm F1.4G.
Bro DareDevil,
I understand what you trying to say, I just prefer Nikon..
Just heard that a professional photographer who is a Sigma spoke person also prefer to use Nikon due to the better resolution from Nikon and less hassles(focus issue & calibration).
Actually, I believe the Sigma 85/1.4 receives better reviews than the Nikon 85/1.4G. Third party makers are not all that crap, they do make quality lenses, you just have to know which ones are good.
Some online reviews are bias and they seldom put side-by-side comparison photos. You won't know the hidden agenda behind their reviews.
I would like to see or do some side-by-side review between the Nikon 85mm f1.4G and Sigma 85mm f1.4 HSM if I have time. Tried to search on google but can't find any good samples. Anyway, the Nikon 85mm f1.4G has already given me more than satisfactory results compared to previous lenses I've used, the only thing I dislike are its price tag and non-Carl Zeiss-like metal body.
apparently, according to digitalrev, the sigma loses out to nikon's 85 f/1.4D, when the 85 f/1.4G is a tack sharper while retaining the same bokeh goodness of the 85 f/1.4D
another more recent vid they uploaded which compared the 3 nikkor 85mm primes (f/1.4D, f/1.4G, f/1.8D) together with sigma's 85 f/1.4 n canon's 85 f/1.8 n f/1.2L
We rarely publish uncompromising opinions in our summaries but here it would be difficult not to include one. Providing you own a Nikon or Sony reflex camera I personally don’t see any reason why you should buy any brand-name 1.4/85 lenses. The Sigma is cheaper, better and it comes with a longer guarantee – as simple as that. You must be really very infatuated with “Zeiss” or “Nikkor” magical words to prefer their lenses to the Sigma.
When it comes to the image resolution the Sigma can compete on equal terms with the new Nikkor 1.4/85 and the expensive Canon 1.2/85 and it fares better than the Zeiss 1.4/85 and the Samyang 1.4/85. In the case of the chromatic aberration, distortion, vignetting of the work against bright light the tested lens defeats most of competitors hands down. Only in the category of coma it fares a bit worse. The autofocus, a thing often considered to be the Sigmas’ problem, here works beyond reproach– it is quicker than that of the Nikkor and the Zeiss and not less accurate. In our tests we had two Sigma 1.4/85 lenses at our disposal with two different mounts and they were attached to four bodies in total. On none of them the lens needed any micro calibration – it sharpened exactly where we wanted it to.
Aisey, call up a few shops, all no stock for 85mm F/1.4G
Hi daredevil123, I saw the review from lenstip.com too, but I think they should put side-by-side comparison pictures to justify their conclusions, although they might have their reasons not to do so. What made me curious is that there is no such pictures found in the google website after I had scrolled 20 pages (I typed "Sigma 85mm f1.4 vs nikon G").
Anyone who has a copy of Sigma 85mm f1.4 HSM and is keen to do the side-by-side comparisons please PM me. Thanks~