AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Eventually, you'll like this lens.

[Akira]

I've never seen Jakov fighting so vehemently against his desire to purchase a lens.   

[Hugh_3170]

Nor I. 

Within six months?  Or maybe 12?

I've never seen Jakov fighting so vehemently against his desire to purchase a lens.   

[Akira]

Nor I. 

Within six months?  Or maybe 12?

You mean, "days"?

[JohnBrew]

I'm convinced enough to rent one and see what it's all about.

[David H. Hartman]

I'm convinced enough to cry myself to sleep.

Dave

[Almass]

105/1.4 E.......She ate all my Doughnuts.........

[Airy]

(mumble mumble mumble)

105/2.5 in your bag is better than 105/1.4 in the store front

[Frank Fremerey]

Erik provided me with an extension ring made from a TC-14E.2 as a birthday gift. Fits the 105/1.4E perfectly. All functions of the lens are intact thanks to the pass-through nature of the 10-pin contacts of the otherwise glass-less ring.
Some field curvature and spherical aberrations are introduced by adding extension, as expected, but the lens still is amazing sharp. Stopping a fair bit down would cure most of these nominal issues yet still provide verey shallow depth of field and the super nice bokeh.
This is near wide open (D500).

A stunning lens on a stunning camera with a one of a kind PK-extensioin-Ring...

[Roland Vink]

So there is nasty cats-eyes in the out of focus areas and the swirly bokeh.

Stopping down a little will cure most of that.

[Roland Vink]

This is near wide open (D500).

In spite of all the ED glass there is still some LoCA - notice the reddish edges to the defocused petals in the foreground. The pictures of fruit on Lloyd Chambers' blog also shows signs of LoCa. All these shots were taken at close range, maybe correction is better at distance?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

This was with extension added, which breaks the optical design. I have hardly noticed any CA irregularities in ordinary use.

[Jakov Minić]

Stopping down a little will cure most of that.

Roland, why pay a premium price for a 105/1.4 and then stop it down to avoid swirly bokeh and cat's eyes?

[Ilkka Nissilä]

f/1.4 is just setting on the lens that you may use when the situation calls for it. If you don't like the effect for a particular subject, you can try other apertures or work on a different composition. Usually the best image quality is obtained stopped down a bit. This is true of most lenses. If anything, the 105/1.4 handles shooting wide open very well but that doesn't mean stopping down won't improve it. In any case the depth of field should be chosen to suit the subject and composition and not always f/1.4 will be the best, obviously. The swirly bokeh is apparent in some images, but mostly not, so even if you don't like the effect, there are plenty of uses for the lens.

[Jakov Minić]

Ilkka, please don't patronize me.
f/1.4 is not just a setting on the lens - it is why it is huge and why it is so expensive.
I am one of those that likes crazy out of focus backgrounds and foregrounds and speedy lenses. This one is just not appealing to me. That doesn't mean that it's not appealing to you or others.