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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 277944" data-attributes="member: 9240">I went to do some more chess shots this morning and stumbled upon something very disconcerting.  I was shooting with my 24-120mm f/4G and decided I wanted more depth of field, so I grabbed my 85mm f/1.8G.  I had been shooting at 120mm on the zoom, so imagine my shock when I put the prime on and had almost the identical image framed!!  That's 35mm of additional focal length that doesn't appear to be there.  I figured I must have forgotten that I moved the tripod, so I put the zoom back on and I'll be damned if 120mm on the zoom isn't almost exactly like the view from the 85mm.  I zoomed out to 85mm and sure enough it was wider than the prime.Nikkor 85mm f/1.8G [ATTACH]77541[/ATTACH]Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G at 120mm[ATTACH]77542[/ATTACH]Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G at 85mm[ATTACH]77543[/ATTACH]Nikkor 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G at 85mm[ATTACH]77544[/ATTACH]Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro[ATTACH]77545[/ATTACH]Now, I've read a lot of reviews for this lens, both before and since buying it, and nothing prepared me for what I'm seeing here.  I suspect that some of it may have to do with me using the far end of the zoom against a rather close subject (funny thing is, the zoom focuses at this distance and max aperture at 120mm but the 85mm will not), but still, I'm not really thrilled that I'm getting closer with my 105mm than the zoom at 120mm.Is there some optical property that I'm forgetting that will cause this, or do I need to continue this investigation with a wider field of view?  The two zooms seem to be in lock step, so is it possible that the primes tend to magnify more when they approach minimum focusing distance?  That's the only thing I can think of.</blockquote>

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