AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced

[stenrasmussen]

http://nikonrumors.com/2016/07/25/new-nikon-af-s-nikkor-105mm-f1-4e-ed-lens-to-be-announced-this-week.aspx/

[Jan Anne]

Wow, sounds like a very interesting lens and to my knowledge Nikons fastest 105mm ever!!!

[Almass]

Finally a 105mm and I am pleased to note it is a 1.4 as long as it is not similar to the 58/1.4 with the Sombrero feature.

I have many 100ish mm lenses Zeiss/Leica/Voigt/Meyer...etc but not Nikon.....except the 135D.

I will be getting this new one and wait for the 135......it will be a screamer if 1.4 but will do nicely with a 1.8.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I'm all ears. Looking forward to a test drive as soon as Nikon Nordic can supply me with a review sample.

bokeh ought to be outstanding. I'm more worried about CA, in particular the axial kind. For a lens of this potential calibre, not speaking of price point, these problems should have received full attention from the optical engineers No guarantee the designers have done that, at present, thus a quick test series will define the lie of the [promised] land.

[longzoom]

If this new 105 is great wide open, it will work out without VR.  But new 135 must have VR, coz everyone wants both eyes sharp! LZ

[Ilkka Nissilä]

I doubt Nikon would make this type of a lens free of LoCA. My theory is that Nikon like to focus the red behind (or is it in front of?) the other two colours so that skin blemishes, blood vessels are blurred, to make people look pretty. Zeiss does make a 135/2 which has very little LoCA. But surely a Nikkor of this focal length will have some.

Admittedly I'm not sure if that approach actually work for a three dimensional subject.

[bjornthun]

LoCA in such a lens may improve quite a bit already at f/2.

Is the next lens line a 135/1.8?

[chris dees]

Finally a 105mm and I am pleased to note it is a 1.4 as long as it is not similar to the 58/1.4 with the Sombrero feature.
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Sombrero feature?
Do you mean distortion?

[Ilkka Nissilä]

Do you mean distortion?

I think he must be talking about field curvature.

I doubt a 105mm would have this problem, but we'll see how it is. ;-) I prefer to focus with the focus point over the closer eye, so that I don't need to recompose.

[Frank Fremerey]

1.4E .... stunning next generation .... waiting in Awe.

[tommiejeep]

Cannot afford that price for another 105mm lens but the size and weight of a new E lens could be an indication of what a 135 f??? or 180 f??? could look like.  I will be following closely once you guys and gals buy, and use, it.
Tom

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The AFS 2300/2 shows Nikon engineers can, if they so wish, make a superfast lens having internal focusing yet not exhibiting the usual optical side effects in terms of CA of the axial kind. However, that kind of performance doesn't come for free: price and weight are the response.

[Andrea B.]

The AFS 2300/2 shows Nikon engineers can...

What lens is this? It must weigh 50 pounds. 

[Bjørn Rørslett]

typo, Andrea ... read 200/2.

[atpaula]

typo, Andrea ... read 200/2.

I think typo again Bjorn.... Wouldn't it be the 300mm f/2, the beast?