Great vid, and thanks for going through all of the trouble!! I picked up my 135mm DC in Japan for $600! Minty condition. Things in Japan bought in Japan are so reasonable now with the exchange rates being so good
I will warn all people that watch Ken's videos, if you are truly a photographer, you will spend even if you don't have the funds. In a period of a week, due to Ken's influence, I've bought this lens, 85 1.8G, and a D700. Is Ken a bada$$? Yes, and I'm grateful for his knowledge and recommendations.
I the past I was so into bokeh, but now from shooting with the AI Primes I more about how the whole image is rendered. I've shot some amazing portraits with the 135mm 3.5 and it just wow. The 85mm for some reason is never floated my boat for portraits and I own the 85 1.4d. I much prefer going longer or going wider. I really want to try the voigtlander 58mm 1.4. I got the voigtlander 40 and your right, its a phenomenal lens.
Great video. My name is Bill and I am a bokeholic! Its nice to know Im not alone in thinking that the 105dc is the bokeh king. I also own the 80-200d but did not know how good the bokeh was at the time. I bought it because 70-200 was too expensive and was shocked at how good the 80-200 is.
+steelbill9 im reviewing the "GOD LENS" tomorrow , a wide Zeiss lens sharper than hell with killer bokeh and of course great bokeh on a wide prime is RARE
Kudos for presenting the true fact about the lens bro. some mofo youtubers are totally biased about their reviews. I gotta request bro. please take your time and do a review on the zeiss otus 85mm 1.4. thumbs up!
I went with the 135mm dc. I'm curious, at the time, I didn't know any better and thought the longer range of the 135mm vs the 105mm would render better bokeh. What makes the 105 dc better than the 135mm since most of the time the longer focal ranges has more bokeh but not in this case, why is that?
+Josh Tao both are pretty damn close. I dont know if the one more element counts, but i do know for sure that longer (as i said in the video) is better up to a point, then the subject and background get closer together and depth rendition shallows (as is the case with EVERYTHING over about 90mm).....so as many agree, 85 to 100mm is the magic sweet spot where bokeh is at its TOPS but between the two, all things being equal and quantified as i had pre-established, there IS a diff. and the 105mm DC kicks ass in bokeh dept and reigns as king
i showed a couple of my friends two photo's of the same portrait one with bokeh and one with the backround in it that you could see not one thought the bokeh was the better photo thats the man in the street lol
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Great vid, and thanks for going through all of the trouble!!
I picked up my 135mm DC in Japan for $600! Minty condition. Things in Japan bought in Japan are so reasonable now with the exchange rates being so good
+Richard Emoto $600? you dirty SOB !!! hehehe
The 105mm DC was my # 1 want back in ~2002. Bought it last Christmas and really enjoy using it as much as possible.
Very informative. Thanks for all the effort you put in Ken.
Thanks for all your hard work and also for validating my own perceptions of the lenses I own i.e. the 50mm 1.4 and the 80-200.
Thanks for the info and your honesty - it's about time some 1 talked in depth about lens and cameras - keep you vids coming thanks theoria
I will warn all people that watch Ken's videos, if you are truly a photographer, you will spend even if you don't have the funds.
In a period of a week, due to Ken's influence, I've bought this lens, 85 1.8G, and a D700. Is Ken a bada$$? Yes, and I'm grateful for his knowledge and recommendations.
i really like the soap bubble bokeh!
I the past I was so into bokeh, but now from shooting with the AI Primes I more about how the whole image is rendered. I've shot some amazing portraits with the 135mm 3.5 and it just wow. The 85mm for some reason is never floated my boat for portraits and I own the 85 1.4d. I much prefer going longer or going wider. I really want to try the voigtlander 58mm 1.4. I got the voigtlander 40 and your right, its a phenomenal lens.
nice set of videos AP..
Great video. My name is Bill and I am a bokeholic! Its nice to know Im not alone in thinking that the 105dc is the bokeh king. I also own the 80-200d but did not know how good the bokeh was at the time. I bought it because 70-200 was too expensive and was shocked at how good the 80-200 is.
+steelbill9 im reviewing the "GOD LENS" tomorrow , a wide Zeiss lens sharper than hell with killer bokeh
and of course great bokeh on a wide prime is RARE
...if you dream of bokeh balls, if you live in Bokeh Raton...
Kudos for presenting the true fact about the lens bro. some mofo youtubers are totally biased about their reviews. I gotta request bro. please take your time and do a review on the zeiss otus 85mm 1.4.
thumbs up!
+Amanat Shah you want me to REALLY review that lens???? you wont like what i have to say about it !!!! ROFL
thanks man!!!!
Ken - Isn't the Nikkor 85mm 1.8 "better" in some ways (and I'm talking about things other than cost/value) than the Nikkor 85mm 1.4?
I've always heard via Ken and Benjamin K (Harper's Bazaar) that the 85 1.8 G is sharper. If bokeh is what you want, the 1.4 G is better.
Have you reviewed the 105mm dc f2 yet?
Have you tried the 105 F1.8 AI-S?
what is the best 50mm ish bokeh king for dx bodies??
is it the 50mm 1.2 or voigtlander 58mm 1.4 or nikon 50mm 1.4d?
voigtlander 58mm 1.4
or zeiss 50mm 1.4
both are MF lenses
hmm. mf lenses. how I love those pinpoint focus control sessions with my 50mm. the afs counterparts do feel unphotographic (if that's a word)
I went with the 135mm dc. I'm curious, at the time, I didn't know any better and thought the longer range of the 135mm vs the 105mm would render better bokeh. What makes the 105 dc better than the 135mm since most of the time the longer focal ranges has more bokeh but not in this case, why is that?
+Josh Tao both are pretty damn close. I dont know if the one more element counts, but i do know for sure that longer (as i said in the video) is better up to a point, then the subject and background get closer together and depth rendition shallows (as is the case with EVERYTHING over about 90mm).....so as many agree, 85 to 100mm is the magic sweet spot where bokeh is at its TOPS
but between the two, all things being equal and quantified as i had pre-established, there IS a diff. and the 105mm DC kicks ass in bokeh dept and reigns as king
what about the 200mm f2 ken?
i showed a couple of my friends two photo's of the same portrait one with bokeh and one with the backround in it that you could see not one thought the bokeh was the better photo thats the man in the street lol
Thank you for this review! The Nikon 105mm f2d is now on my Black Friday sales "to get" list!
Also here = dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bokeh