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<blockquote data-quote="Rick M" data-source="post: 197350" data-attributes="member: 4399">You might want to look at your data again, The Nikon 85 1.4 clearly blows the nikon 70-200 out of the water! Especially on border and extreme. Not everyone composes in the center, where it is only a hair better at f4. At 85mm The prime is better at 14 out of 15 measurements.At 200mm, The prime is better at 12 out of 15 measurements.Again when you look at the numbers for the 200's, the prime blows the zoom away. Zooms almost always crash on the borders and extremes, primes are generally superior (according to the numbers) when you compare pro Nikon to pro Nikon. The 35 1.4 and 50 1.4 primes both out perform the 24-70. You need to compare pro glass to pro glass. As a matter of fact the only zoom when compared to it's prime equal that is better than a prime is the 14-24. The other two are not on par with primes.BTW, I like great zooms too, but when I want a large aperture, travel light, max resolution across the frame or great bokeh, the prime wins where it counts for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rick M, post: 197350, member: 4399"] You might want to look at your data again, The Nikon 85 1.4 clearly blows the nikon 70-200 out of the water! Especially on border and extreme. Not everyone composes in the center, where it is only a hair better at f4. At 85mm The prime is better at 14 out of 15 measurements. At 200mm, The prime is better at 12 out of 15 measurements. Again when you look at the numbers for the 200's, the prime blows the zoom away. Zooms almost always crash on the borders and extremes, primes are generally superior (according to the numbers) when you compare pro Nikon to pro Nikon. The 35 1.4 and 50 1.4 primes both out perform the 24-70. You need to compare pro glass to pro glass. As a matter of fact the [I]only[/I] zoom when compared to it's prime [I]equal[/I] that is better than a prime is the 14-24. The other two are not on par with primes. BTW, I like great zooms too, but when I want a large aperture, travel light, max resolution across the frame or great bokeh, the prime wins where it counts [I]for me[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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