 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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woodrim wrote:
| eno789 wrote: |
The OP was asking 85mm f/1.8 here. I have the Tamron and Tokina too. But in non-macro situations especially for portrait, there're definitely advantages of the 85mm f/1.8. You don't have to do macro to get good bokeh. The focus throw is also more suited for general photography. |
Right you are - so easy to get carries away.
| fwcetus wrote: |
| woodrim wrote: |
| fwcetus wrote: |
| woodrim wrote: |
in addition to Attila's suggestions, I'd highly recommend the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.3 which is a razor even at full aperture. The actual focal length is 87mm. |
Are you referring to the VS1 90/2.5 Macro (the VS1 "Bokina")? |
Yes I was. Sorry that I confused the aperture with the f/2.3 135mm. |
Understood, and I also thought of the possible confusion with the VS1 135/2.3 (since f/2.3 is such a distinctively odd max aperture). 
I used to have the VS1 90/2.5 Macro, but no longer -- however, I still have the "other Bokina", the Tokina AT-X 90/2.5 Macro, and I do know that both lenses are capable of not only great sharpness but also great bokeh, and not just at macro or close-to-macro distances.
I have no Hexagon experience (of any sort), having been a K-mount guy since the Late Stone Age (mid-1970's), but I am quite familiar with the K-mount version of the SMC 85/1.8 -- that is one superb lens design for portraiture, and one lens that I wish I still had in the arsenal here. |
The 85mm focal length is another loaded range with many very good lenses. I had the Hexanon and while it was very sharp, I didn't enjoy it for reasons I may not even fully understand. One reason I know was that it didn't feel good to me when using. I recently, some months ago, got a Nikkor 1.8/85 and am not yet sure I will favor that lens either, but probably more so than the Hexanon. If sharpness was the onl consideration, the Hexanon would be behind only the Series 1 in my collection. The Jupiter f/2 is not so far away in speed, but many speak of it being soft at f/2, which is not my experience; I've been fortunate with the two I have being sharp. I have a Cyclop and well, Cyclop is Cyclop. My Primotar is the slowest and weakest sharpness wise. Going forward the Series 1 will remain tops despite being a little slower. The Jupiter is next... but maybe the Nikkor. Cyclop if for those special moods and the Primotar stays because I have a Meyer collection.
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Woodrim |
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