Nikon 105 1.4E vs 85 1.4G vs 58 1.4G with Guam Model Shay 4K 

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Your very welcome! Yes I agree :)

Yeah thats a good idea, I usually just compare the RAWs, and show the edited pics during the video. Yeah? I dont know why the 105 1.4E shots look darker, all was the same auto ISO, aperture wide open, settings? AWB too, metering was matrix for all lenses as well, kinda weird. I even updated the Nikon Df to the latest firmware and latest distortion data for August 2016.

I noticed the shutter speed was faster on the 105 shots which cold explain the darker exposures.

Good catch

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Absolutely amazing video and your model is an amazing gorgeous Lady wow she hot

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yes it is! :D

Guam Photography Hi aren't you noticing that the subject is distorted(wide) on 105 compared to the 85 where the model "shay" on 85mm looks more slimmer I don't know why but it's what I noticed, did any one notice the same.

Haven't really noticed it?? you maybe right...

85mm is such a classic portrait length, cant go wrong :)

I used to have the 180mm 2.8 , loved that lens as well, I tried out the 105 F2, and 135 F2, awhile back , need to get my hands on one again to try out :) I do want to get away from the AF-D nikons, too much CA at times and slight haze, but then again if you always post process your images like I do, it shouldn't matter, thanks for the comment :)

***** trust me, the 105dc will impress. the tokina 100mm macro isnt too shabby either.

The compression and the "flatness" are the same thing. That's exactly what some people love about shooting 105mm at f/1.4. If you don't like it, you can stop down, or use a wider focal length.

Opie Frim not the same thing at all pop comes from less lens elements always

Thanks for the tip!! :)

Yup your right :)

Same here :)

Thanks for the comment! I need to use this lens more, but I know the 58mm will take it for 3D pop

Of course the 3d pop increases as you go to a wider lens. There's even more 3d pop with a 20mm or a 15mm fisheye, and everything looks flatter and flatter as you go more telephoto. That's the nature of optics.

Still keep in contact with Shay, I should ask her to model for the channel again!

@@GuamPhotography yes sir you should.

Woot! Proud owner of the Nikon 105 1.4ED. Just in time for spring!

Thank You!

Your very welcome! :)

Yes I can, we still keep in contact :) maybe in 2019!

I would choose the classic 85 1.4 :) but if you shoot mostly outdoors then the 135 1.8 is great!

Thanks!!

I think you're right, maybe the 85 1.4G did need calibration.

I would choose the Nikon D750, just for the battery life, and they way it feels in my hands, I really don't like the SONY A7 series, battery life was very terrible for me :(

I really appreciate the reply, I've recently been leaning towards Nikon based on the lens prices.

Right on. 105 DC is the best lens in Nikon's line up. Additional sharpness is not that important in a lens. It about the quality of rendition. The new 105 is a turd lens

Both the 85mm and 105mm 1.4 is very sharp :)

Could be the auto exposure each camera is trying to do, but thanks for your comment sir!

Im not too sure, but 85 1.4 is a great focal length, even indoors, 105 may be a bit too long.

Okay, thank you! Will check it out soon!

I love the 58 1.4G :)

same to me, i have 58 and 35, 58 picture feel like leica

Yes , in our latest video (5D Mark IV), we just used Manual focus most of the time :)

The white balance sliders exist, and you can make the skin tones whatever you want them to be. Thanks.

I never shot with the 135mm f/2 I think I should!!

Yes I think she can be as well!

Haha you're welcome!

You’re fulla crap saying it was almost impossible to watch the video. Comments like this and the people that make them are so toxic to the comment section.

This is taken from DP Reivew: "The 58mm focal length may look like an odd choice, but it's deliberately evocative of a legendary Nikon lens - the manual focus Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 from the late 1970s. Indeed Nikon's marketing material draws a parallel between them, saying the new 58mm's 'design concept' pays homage to the old 'Noct'. Stripped of its marketing-speak, this translates to a lens design which goes to extremes to minimize peripheral aberrations such as coma at large apertures, while also paying specific attention to the rendition of out-of-focus regions of the frame, or 'bokeh'." www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-58mm-f1-4g

Portrait lens for a DX body. It has an 87mm field of view on DX.

Some people call the Nikon 105mm 1.4E a baby 200 f/2, since the bokeh is just so nice!! If your hardly using the 135 1.8 and its too long for you, I would get the Nikon 105 1.4E one of my favorite lenses, its very sharp!

@@GuamPhotography It's not a baby 200 F/2. It's not even in the same ballpark. It's the Ferrari of images. The 105 is a slightly longer 85mm. I shoot with a 35mm/85mm 1.4G, and a 200 F/2. Only three lenses you need. Better off with a used 200 F/2 than a 105mm 1.4.

Yes I was looking at the full size RAW photos.

Oh that is weird??! im sorry I sold the lens already :( I cant test it

How is your experience with the 135mm f/2 DC? Are the photos gorgeous and better than the 85mm f/1.4? There are mixed opinions about it.

I have AF fine set to +20 on all my 3 D750's, and with that I can not be sure about focus accuracy, BUT still I am getting more accurate shots then 85mm provided. My 85mm was checked in factory, and it was good, friends 85mm also do lots of inaccurate shots. But if we are comparing them, 135mm gives softer image in a good way, I really enjoy feel of image , specially with portraits in good light (shade, chromatic aberration is terrible). of course, it's not that sharp as 85mm @f2. And if I compare it against 70-200 VR2 2.8, at close distance 135mm gives more magnification, compression, 70-200 have focal breathing problem. And 135mm have nicer bokeh, nicer colors, but softer look. 85mm, 70-200mm I am using for anything, landscapes, portraits, night, day .. but 135mm for me is strictly for portraits, and if model have some skin problem or wrinkles this is THE tool to use. :) But probably I should get it to warranty check, AF fine tune+20 isn't normal and I get out of focus shots quite a lot. In the end I would say it's extra lens. surly you can live without it. I dont know how long I will live without 85mm f1.4, but this time Sigma Art, if it is any good.

Thanks a lot for your response. I think I have to rent a 135mm f/2 DC lens and see for myself because some people rave about it as THE ultimate portrait lens in Nikon world while some say it is too soft, chromatic aberration is bad, focus is difficult. I understand that this is a difficult lens to use but I hope those who have mastered it are praising it to the sky. If it is truly the king of portrait lenses then I think I should work hard to learn to use it. Shall start with a rented lens... Thank you again.

Yes thats true, we have gotten away from understanding that for a portrait lens, sharpness isn't that critical, but some do want to see a 3D pop, from a super sharp subject with a blurry background. I too don't care so much if the lens isn't as sharp, since I'm mostly a portrait shooter.

Yep. The sharper it is, the more time you'll spend in post-processing softening skin, etc.

I would chose the 85 over the 105 1.4, its just a classic portrait length on Full Frame (35mm).

Bokeh balls on the 105 are cat's eye. Undesirable. Round is what you want.

Yes I would agree :)

I have the CV 58 1.4 Nokton, great lens! I just wanted to compare the newer AF Nikon lenses, since most have them and wonder how it compares to the newer 105 1.4E

hugs man………so how you feeling now? any statement is valid, which one you love more 'now' ? :)

Theoria Apophasis Sadly since this shoot I haven't had time to play around with the 105 1.4E more, I have a wedding to shoot in a couple of weeks, and probably one more portrait session before that, I need to play around with it some more, to see how I really feel about it and if this lens is for me, I do love shallow DOF and super blurry backgrounds, I do miss the Zeiss 135 1.8, rumor has it they are making a new E or A mount version of the lens.

only intelligent comment in this entire review.

Some great lenses have swirley bokeh in certain circumstances. It has nothing to do with price.

I think its pretty.