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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #165 on: August 25, 2016, 21:32:34 »
Nikon promised the 105/1.4 will be present at PhotoKina, to which event some of us plan to go. Thus in about 3 weeks' time, we'll know what all the fuss is about.

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #166 on: August 25, 2016, 22:19:03 »
Tristin, That is not how I read it,,,
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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #167 on: August 26, 2016, 02:48:17 »
My copy arrived on thursday.

a few & quick impressions:
1) As it is a f1.4 lens. AF accuracy is good on my D5 (center AF field and AF fields at the edge work properly). Needed no adjustment
2) Different than the AFS 58mm/1.4 at open aperture - more sharpness
3) lens is not only for portraits, nice 3-d pop effect at larger distances
4) less LoCA at open aperture than the AFS 85mm/1.4

Will take more shots over the weekend. Enclosed a few initial images. all at f1.4. Just resized, no pp.

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #168 on: August 26, 2016, 08:06:50 »
just look at how it dwarfed the Df :o :o :o

it has more mass then my FE ::)

maybe we should change he title of the topic?

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #169 on: August 26, 2016, 08:09:49 »
1) As it is a f1.4 lens. AF accuracy is good on my D5 (center AF field and AF fields at the edge work properly). Needed no adjustment

on the pitiful AF module of my Df:

AF is not 24-70 fast BUT accurate. maybe closer to the 85mm f/1.8? i am actually impressed to be honest :o :o :o

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #170 on: August 27, 2016, 03:52:39 »
nice separation even if it's 5m< :o :o :o

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #171 on: August 27, 2016, 03:53:37 »
focus was fast enough for me to take a picture of her before she got shy and ran away :o :o :o

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #172 on: August 27, 2016, 03:58:15 »
How is the focus ring?
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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #173 on: August 27, 2016, 04:10:44 »
Very typical, not as damped or greasy as manual lenses. Dof field is useless. It felt light but adequate,the tamrons felt better to be honest lol :o :o :o

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #174 on: August 27, 2016, 08:35:54 »
Thank you Andy and Richard!
The images are phenomenal, but that might be because of the photographers, not just the lens :)
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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #175 on: August 27, 2016, 09:56:30 »
Thank you Andy and Richard!
The images are phenomenal, but that might be because of the photographers, not just the lens :)

thats only true for Andy's images hahaha. i have some more images but their of books and useless stuff because I just wanted to see the bokeh :o :o :o
this is a BIG and HEAVY lens ::)

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #176 on: August 28, 2016, 13:03:16 »
Saw the real thing at a large retailer.  Not for me!  :D
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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #177 on: August 28, 2016, 13:53:30 »
I like what I see in Andy's Lory shot!

3D pop out effect. Yes.
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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #178 on: August 29, 2016, 03:33:19 »
A few images from the weekend. Water, sand and mud included :-)

Images in full resolution (out-of-cam JPEGs) can be found here:
https://onedrive.live.com/?id=C59FEF9F04ED4A3A%212051&cid=C59FEF9F04ED4A3A

All shots taken handheld and at f1.4.
3 images are taken with the D500, all the others with the D5.

rgds, Andy

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Re: AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced
« Reply #179 on: August 29, 2016, 10:24:08 »
Hi Andy,

3684 is excellent to demonstrate the possibilities. Like the rendering of the lens. :)

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Some pictures on FLICKR