06-16-2017, 07:36 AM
Good review Klaus!
No doubt about the lens's IQ all in all, although it's weakest at the image borders at 50mm (maybe a tad weaker on the Nikon 1.5X sensor), good bokeh and superlative center sharpness and pretty much everything else.
However I can't help thinking that with it's limited focal range and large size and weight, (1.5 Kgs is approaching the 1.9 Kgs of the Tamron A022 without tripod mount) whether, one 85mm portrait lens and the "nifty fifty" that finds themselves in most owners kit bags, might cover most bases without recourse to another huge lens, many may own the advantageous F1.4 versions.
No doubt about the lens's IQ all in all, although it's weakest at the image borders at 50mm (maybe a tad weaker on the Nikon 1.5X sensor), good bokeh and superlative center sharpness and pretty much everything else.
However I can't help thinking that with it's limited focal range and large size and weight, (1.5 Kgs is approaching the 1.9 Kgs of the Tamron A022 without tripod mount) whether, one 85mm portrait lens and the "nifty fifty" that finds themselves in most owners kit bags, might cover most bases without recourse to another huge lens, many may own the advantageous F1.4 versions.