Web Reviews: The New Nikon 85 1.8G

Originally Posted by Mister

Hi Marcel, I was just wondering, are you awere that you have to stand back about four feet away from the subject for the lens in order to focus properly? With the Rokinon it looks like you focused more towards the back, and with the Nikkor more towards the front, that's why the letters look more sharp/focused. Do you happen to have the original photos?

Yes I do have the originals. I only made them 100% and then cropped. But I was standing and did NOT use a tripod and I used autofocus with the Nikkor D. With the Rokinon, I brought the focus to it's minimum distance and then moved in and out until I had the confirmation dot in the viewfinder.

---

› See More: Web Reviews: The New Nikon 85 1.8G

Here's a larger crop from both:

Rokinon


Nikkor


What I notice is that the Bokeh is much smoother with the Rokinon compared to the Nikkor 1.8 D.

Cool! The rokinon is defenitely cleaner and sharper. How do you happen to have your color balance set up? I think your D7000 needs a little more color. I have mine at STANDARD, SHARPNESS +1, SATURATION +1.

Try this and use your external flash(if you have one) pointing up to the ceiling.

Originally Posted by Mister

Cool! The rokinon is defenitely cleaner and sharper. How do you happen to have your color balance set up? I think your D7000 needs a little more color. I have mine at STANDARD, SHARPNESS +1, SATURATION +1.

Try this and use your external flash(if you have one) pointing up to the ceiling.

I usually use raw and don't worry about these settings. I sharpen and add saturation at post production. But in this case, the picture is straight raw file just resized for web.

But so far, I'm more than impressed with this little wonder. I was used to heavy 2.8 zooms, so it's a charm to work with this one.

Originally Posted by Marcel

Well I got the lens this morning. What a fast service from Amazon.ca (ordered friday 3.15pm).

Here's a 100% crop of my counter cleaning rag that was drying outside on my clothesline. D7000 @ 1.4. I'm impressed, really.

Attachment 10171

It's really sharp, Marcel. Did you try it with f/2.8 and slower apertures? Because I found it get achromatic color when taking pictures in back light just like my 180mm at f/2.8.

Originally Posted by Marcel

For those interested, here is a quick and dirty comparison shot done with the Rokinon @ 1.8 and the 85 1.8 D @ 1.8. No sharpening 100% crop of the center of the frame of D700.

Rokinon Attachment 10210

Nikkor Attachment 10211

Cannot tell much about them Marcel: Nikkor image taken a little bit over-exposured making it looks not sharp and clear as Rokinon. Secondly, different focus points of each images makes the sharpnesses of them look different. The image taken by Rokinon has focus point almost at the center of it. The one taken by Nikon has focus point a little bit closer.

Hi guys! looks like this conversation just died. Anyway, tests are pretty borring, i like and preffer real life scenario photo samples. Here are a few photos with the Rokinon:

Flickr: Mister M2012's Photostream

I received my copy of this lens about a month ago and absolutely love it. Used it the other night to photography my friends band in very low light. I can't wait to receive my copy of the new 28mm f/1.8G. I'm hoping it's miles better than the more expensive 24mm f/1.4 like this lens is compared to the f/1.4

Mojo, what body did you use for these? I really like the bokah, the computer screws on the first shot with a HDD look great.


There is no place like 127.0.0.1

D7K! It says it right there.


There is no place like 127.0.0.1