![]() With Nikon the 85mm 1.4G is also a wonderful lens. The shallow depth of field along with the sluggish autofocus speed can be a massive encumbrance. Yes the 85mm 1.2L is wonderful when it is in focus, but is a serious pixel peep nightmare. The 200mm at the long end gives fantastic portraits and almost always nails focus. With my Canon system I have gravitated to the 70-200 F2.8 for portraiture, selling my last 85mm F1.2L recently and finally deciding I am never going to try that road again. Often times we are chasing the best, and wasting a lot of effort pixel peaking when our clients and friends are not. ![]() I have owned most of Nikons 1.4 glass and over the years have on three occasions owned Canons 85mm 1.2L. ![]() And I’m sorry, but the difference I see in your samples in so subtle I don’t think it’s worth it, even though the APD version is on sale for $1100 U.S.Īs a photographer I can only give my opinion which may or may not help. I feel like Fuji made the excellent 56mm f1.2, but knew the bokeh was at f1.8, so tried again with the APD version, but now you lose phase detection autofocus and a full stop of light. I have the “D” version, so I have an aperture ring as well as I can lock the lens in full manual mode. Plus, I can use my Nikon lens on my Fuji body, which is almost like the 90mm in focal length, but again one full stop faster (but manual focus). I have 3 Fuji bodies and 7 Fuji lenses, including the 16-55mm and 50-140mm f2.8 lenses.īut I can’t let go of my Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens! I know BOTH the Fuji lenses are equal to an 85mm f1.8 as far as shallow depth of field goes, but the Nikon f1.4 costs over $1000 more than the f1.8 version, so I don’t think I want to go backwards. Plus how is the focusing WITHOUT phase detection, which the APD version doesn’t have? One thing you don’t mention (maybe I missed it), is the loss of one f-stop of light with the APD version. When it came time to return the lens I tried to delay doing so as long as I could. I fell in love with the lens and it did not take long for me to be leaving my “normal” 56mm 1.2R at home and using the APD version exclusively. Would a paying client notice? Not likely. The first few photos I took left me feeling similar but as I continued the differences became more apparent, perhaps because I knew what to look for. I had read other peoples reviews and they seemed to indicate that the difference between the two lenses was not that noticeable. Again the difference seems obvious.Ĭonclusion: I entered this test a wee bit skeptical. Note the slightly “onion” bokehĥ6mm F1.2 APD. Note the difference to the left of the cake.ĥ6mm F1.2R Control. To see the model comparison, click here.ĥ6mm F1.2 APD. ![]() If you missed part one, the introduction and corporate shoot then click here. I DID shoot the bride and groom’s portraits with the 56mm F1.2 APD and at other times during the day but as this is a comparison I am not including the photos here. So this set of photos is strictly limited to while we were waiting at the dinner venue. As weddings are incredibly fast moving there are limited opportunities to actually set up a tripod and play lens switching with a bride and groom waiting around for me. Now it’s time to go to a wedding with the final installment of this real world test.
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