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Nikkor 85mm f 1.8 AF

Currency:USD Category:Cameras & Photo Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 350.00 USD
Nikkor 85mm f 1.8 AF
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250.00USDto i*********1+ buyer's premium (56.25)
This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 17 @ 15:47UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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The Nikon 85mm f/1.8 AF and AF-D have superb optical and mechanical quality. They have been among Nikon's most popular lenses for many decades, and rightfully so.



This is an FX lens, and works especially well with on FX, 35mm and DX Nikons like the D4, D800, D800E, D7000, D700, D3X, D300s and F6. It works fantastically on manual-focus cameras like the F2AS, F3, FE and FA, since it has real manual-focus and aperture rings that work exactly as they should.



The 85mm f/1.8 AF-D and AF works great with almost every film and digital Nikon camera made since 1977. If you have a coupling prong added to the diaphragm ring, it's perfect with every Nikon back to the original Nikon F of 1959.



There are two almost identical version of this lens: the original AF version from the dawn of Nikon's autofocus made from 1987-1994, and today's AF-D version, made since 1994.



The only minor difference is the addition of the "D" feature which couples focused distance to the camera for exposure calculations, which only matters with flash. This review applies equally to either version.



The way to identify them is by the "D" on the newer lens (as "1:1.8 D" on the front and side, or by the little slide lock just above the aperture ring. The older AF lens is simply marked "1:1.8" and the little lock above the aperture ring is a better and more complex spring-loaded and rotating pushbutton affair.



From the collection of Don Dondero.

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