D800....85 f1.4g or 85 f1.8g

I love my 85mm 1.8G but don't use it enough, I still long after a 1.4G but reports I've read say the 1.8 is better on my d800e than 1.4 but vice versa on the non e version of d800
 
Yes Rob. Just spent the best part of the last 90 minutes applying for it online. Had to take pics of the warranty card and receipt only for the pc to freeze crash at uploading images stage. Now The Nikon website wont work as when I enter the ref number to resubmit nothing happens grrrrr. Not the simplest process at all.
 
Yes Rob. Just spent the best part of the last 90 minutes applying for it online. Had to take pics of the warranty card and receipt only for the pc to freeze crash at uploading images stage. Now The Nikon website wont work as when I enter the ref number to resubmit nothing happens grrrrr. Not the simplest process at all.

Have you tried a different browser or clearing cache.
 
Have you tried a different browser or clearing cache.

Yep. The "document uploader" page doesn't work. Its immaterial anyway I think, I bought my lens on the 28th Feb, one week before the promotion started. Can't say I'm terribly pleased about that.
 
Yep. The "document uploader" page doesn't work. Its immaterial anyway I think, I bought my lens on the 28th Feb, one week before the promotion started. Can't say I'm terribly pleased about that.
That is a pain and unfortunate as you weren't to know the promotion was going to start. What about trying to contact nikon direct and see if they could do something for you.

I've had a play tonight with my 70-200 f4 and sigma 105mm macro. At roughly 1 metre the sigma is at f3 so not too bad. The 85mm f1.8 would give roughly an extra 1.5 stops so would help a bit but I'm not sure I would use it much for wildlife as it would be more of a speciality lens.

Is the 85mm f1.8 fast and accurate to focus? Does it hunt in low light? If it's faster to focus in low light than my sigma 105mm os it could be a useful lens to carry. The 2 stops faster aperture compared the my 70-200 f4 could be useful since I don't have any f2.8 lens anymore.
 
You'll lose a bit of compression on the Siggy but gain some bokeh. The focus is quick and accurate but beware that the thin dof can lead to its own issues. Especially on FF. You need to be quick with the shutter once it has locked focus. An slight movement and it'll be off.

Fab lens though.
 
That is a pain and unfortunate as you weren't to know the promotion was going to start. What about trying to contact nikon direct and see if they could do something for you.

I've had a play tonight with my 70-200 f4 and sigma 105mm macro. At roughly 1 metre the sigma is at f3 so not too bad. The 85mm f1.8 would give roughly an extra 1.5 stops so would help a bit but I'm not sure I would use it much for wildlife as it would be more of a speciality lens.

Is the 85mm f1.8 fast and accurate to focus? Does it hunt in low light? If it's faster to focus in low light than my sigma 105mm os it could be a useful lens to carry. The 2 stops faster aperture compared the my 70-200 f4 could be useful since I don't have any f2.8 lens anymore.

Aye. I've just spoke to a customer service lass and she said to send the copies of proof of purchase etc over and it will be down to the discretion of head office if I am eligible. Fingers crossed.

The 85 is fairly quick, not as quick as the 1.4 but then you're paying £900 more for that. On the D800E mine doesn't seem to hunt in low light, the usual find a point of contrast does the trick.

It's a great lens and pretty versatile for a supposedly "specialist" prime.
 
Aye. I've just spoke to a customer service lass and she said to send the copies of proof of purchase etc over and it will be down to the discretion of head office if I am eligible. Fingers crossed.

The 85 is fairly quick, not as quick as the 1.4 but then you're paying £900 more for that. On the D800E mine doesn't seem to hunt in low light, the usual find a point of contrast does the trick.

It's a great lens and pretty versatile for a supposedly "specialist" prime.

Here's hoping it works out for you.
 
Well I pulled the trigger today and ordered the Nikon 85mm 1.8 so all in all a good day, D600 back from Nikon with a clean sensor and new toy making its way to me overnight.
 
I've had the 85 1.8g and now have the 85 1.4g

The difference is the quality of the image, the contrast and the blur.

It might be true that the 1.8g is 90% of the 1.4g but that 10% is a difference which has very little to do with being able to use f/1.4 / f/1.6 and a lot with how the final image renders.
 
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