AF-S Nikkor 105/1.4E to be announced

[stenrasmussen]

Pedro, Jakov, et al....the new o'five is too good to be ignored 
As far as myself goes...I am content without it...

[PedroS]

That polyester shirted guy is nothing but worth seeing if one has an absolute wish to waste one's time.

wow... I learned a lot... and boy, we around here, are wrong, we have been wrong all the time... well, time to shift 

[Akira]

Pedro, do NOT listen to them and do NOT buy this lens.
What do THEY know
Surely, you have a great arsenal of lenses already...

Hey, Jakov, you speak loude and louder!  (oh, I miss that devil's emoticon!!!)

[simsurace]

That polyester shirted guy is nothing but worth seeing if one has an absolute wish to waste one's time.

I'm not so worried about the polyester

[Frank Fremerey]

This thread is a promotional trip ... IIRC one does not inhale trips ...

[Jakov Minić]

Frank, I don't know what you mean
I checked out Fons' link and it's nice to know that there are those don't like this lens.
During our gathering at JA's after Photokina where I tried out the lens, I deliberately tried to induce some swirly bokeh, color aberrations and any other irregularities but wasn't able to.
Perhaps this guy in the youtube link has a bad copy, and yes, he does repeat himself like a broken record.
Now I am sorry I didn't use it more...

Bjørn, I know that you like the 105/2.0 DC too.
I am really curious to know which of the two is more appealing at f/2.0 or f/2.8

[Bjørn Rørslett]

...

Bjørn, I know that you like the 105/2.0 DC too.
I am really curious to know which of the two is more appealing at f/2.0 or f/2.8

The 105/1.4 is by far the optically better at these apertures. However, you concurrently have none of DC features to play with. Just smoother bokeh in general with the 105/1.4.

[elsa hoffmann]

Bjørn, I know that you like the 105/2.0 DC too.
I am really curious to know which of the two is more appealing at f/2.0 or f/2.8

Just as a matter of interest - I "swapped" my 135 DC for a 105 DC and was terribly disappointed with the quality in comparison with my 135. Let both go and got the 85 f1.4 (new one)

[Jacques]

[pluton]

I started to watch the polyester shirted guy video, but about one minute in, we had a brief power failure, which knocked the internet router out for about five minutes.  Now, I've lost interest.

[Frank Fremerey]

I should really stay away from this thread.

[Airy]

I watch it, and get back to old 105/2.5 which is the next best thing
Or the 85/1.4 if I want bikes.

You cannot buy them all...

[Bjørn Rørslett]

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).

[Erik Lund]

Here a couple of images from today,,,

_EGL6720 by Erik Gunst Lund, on Flickr

_EGL6719_1 by Erik Gunst Lund, on Flickr

_EGL6731 by Erik Gunst Lund, on Flickr

[Jakov Minić]

So there is nasty cats-eyes in the out of focus areas and the swirly bokeh.
Clearly visible in the leaves and background.
Dear All, I definitely am NOT going to buy this lens.
I also saw the 85 vs 105 images in the other thread and I like the 85 better.
Sorry