AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced

[simsurace]

Really great news to see this lens appear. This is a great alternative to the Zeiss 135 -- a bit shorter, faster, but about the same price, size and weight. And AF is a benefit. It seems like a golden age with so many great lenses to choose from.

However, despite the 82mm filter thread the lens produces cat's eyes like most ultra-fast lenses:


Not a big deal in my opinion, but just to set expectations straight.
I'm not quite sure how the wording in the press release was intended.

[Akira]

That is about the same price here

https://www.mapcamera.com/item/4960759146656

Fujiya camera offers it for the same price.   

http://www.fujiya-camera.jp/shopdetail/000000039679/ct1135/page1/brandname/

[Almass]

Ohooo. It is not a 58/1.4 sauce in the sense no Mexican Sombreros around.....however we have inherited an ugly dog's "cone of shame" lens hood.












The 85/1.4 and 58/1.4 have obviously better Bokeh vs the 105/1.4 and cat eyes.
It seems that they have butchered the Bokeh to get a sharper focus WO......which is fine.....it just seemd a bit unreal sharpness.....it just looks as if it is retouched......which is great if real as it will save us lot of time in retouching.

The bokeh Royal linage still rest with the 200 - 85 - 58......but hey.....whose complaining.

[Andy]

Indeed a nice and interesting lens.

i hope that they can have you program the AF like Sigma

Richard,
I hope that Nikon is not going the route of Sigma with regards to AF adjustment. The USB dock solution is a solution to a problem which shouldn't exist in the first place. The cameras can't recognize the (type of) Sigma lens in their firmware, hence the AF correction values need to be stored in the lens. Instead of agreeing with Nikon on a license agreement, users are asked to invest their time to adjust the AF with multiple correction values (different distances, different focal lengths with zooms).

The lens is supposed to be available end of August. W'll see.

rgds,
Andy 

 

[chambeshi]

posted link i tried delivered page in japanese ... this seems to work:

http://www.nikon.com/news/2016/0727_lens_01.htm

www already picking this up e.g.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/6025394569/nikon-introduces-ultra-fast-af-s-105mm-f1-4e-ed-prime-lens

Indeed a steep US price but this looks to be one superb pro lens, and the latest in a distinguished stable of front runners. Those previous models won't die soon, as we know  And last month, i bought a 105 f2.5 AI out of retirement :-)

[Erik Lund]

The impressive MTF chart hints at a very sharp lens even sharper than the Nikkor 85mm 1,4 AFS that is already by far sharp enough for most applications in my book

The New 105mm1.4 AFS is stated as having a ring type motor for the AF - Potentially giving it same or similar AF acquisition speed as say a 200mm 2.0 AFS - Would be a huge plus IMHO,,,

[chambeshi]

UK Rreccomended Retail Price: £2,049.99 inc. VAT
Sales Start Date: 25th August 2016

http://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk/newsitem.php?id=418&pg=1&mem=&arc=0

[chris dees]

€2459 in Holland
I think I'll wait a year or so.

[Roland Vink]

The New 105mm1.4 AFS is stated as having a ring type motor for the AF - Potentially giving it same or similar AF acquisition speed as say a 200mm 2.0 AFS - Would be a huge plus IMHO,,,

I wonder if this lens was conceived as a "short 200/2" rather than a "fast 100mm" ... with ring-type motor and large number of ED elements it has more in common with the super-telephotos than the shorter lenses.

Close focus limit is 1m, with magnification of 0.13x (1:7.7), about the same as the 85/1.4 and 105DC so nothing special here.

No aspherical lenses so no onion-ring bokeh.

Vignetting (cats-eye bokeh) is present towards the corners when shot wide open (as expected) but not excessive. I imagine it will be largely gone by f/2 and completely gone by f/2.8

[Ilkka Nissilä]

I agree; the images look a lot like the 200/2 II would produce.

[Almass]

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[MILLIREHM]

Yet another new filter size (Nikon is developing a zoo in comparison to former years)
So the 105 f/1,4 would couple well with the 500mm f/8 Reflex ;-)

[Akira]

Wolfgang, the filter size of Reflex 500/8.0 was 86mm...

[MILLIREHM]

Akira, maybe you mean the first version (Ken Rockwell is giving 88mm but that would not mean too much)
The newer version has 82mm thread

[Akira]

Akira, maybe you mean the first version (Ken Rockwell is giving 88mm but that would not mean too much)
The newer version has 82mm thread

Wolfgang, you are right.  Sorry for the confusion!