rick_pascale1

As a follow up to the above... Here is an article that states that the lens is sharp at f1.4. Now, I never like to criticize anyones work, in fact I respect every photographer I know, even if I disagree with their style, results etc. I can learn a lot from any photographer Im sure. With that said, take a look at the images in this article illustrating the sharpness of the lens. The images don't look sharp to me, do they to you? Nikon 85mm f/1.4 D AF Review - Bokeh, Autofocus, Handling thanks, Rick

Thanks so much Robert! Appreciate your input very much! Yes, I have tried AF-C with Single Point and I still am finding that Im getting better results with Manual at 1.4 vs. AF at 1.4 on both my D850 and D3. I read a report recently that stated that this particular lens has its best focus in the 4-6 f/stop range and only about 50% as good wide open. Just one report but it contained some pretty believable data. I will try to find it and post it here. Thanks again for responding!

Hello, I hope everyone is doing well! I recently shot some portraits of our daughter with my old 85mm f/1.4 D lens and normally I use this lens in the f/3.2-f/5.6 range. The results have been excellent. For this particular photo shoot I wanted to open the lens up to f/1.4 and see if we could get some interesting shots. When I did this and left my D850 in AF-S, and even on a monopod with legs, I noticed that the focus was not nearly as good as I was getting while hand holding at a more stopped down aperture. I took many images side by side first at 1.4 then switched to 3.2 and the consistent difference was really noticeable. After trying a few different techniques I decided to give Manual focus a try and wow, what a difference! The results were much, much better while focusing manually. I was wondering if you folks have noticed this with any of your lenses wide open and if you opt to shoot in Manual when opening up the aperture to the max. Thanks so much for your time and hope to hear from you. best always, Rick