The 85mm f1.8 G arrived today and right when I got home I took it across the street for a few test shots. This one's a winner. It's sharp, reasonably fast focusing and has good color and contrast. As with the construction of all the latest G lenses, this is a little larger but much lighter than the regular D lens.
The shot above is not stopped down all the way (f8) but enough to evaluate side to side sharpness. Below is a 100% crop of the full size version.
That's pretty good in my book.
I think my truck has an oil leak somewhere.
Ooh! A Turbo!
The above shot was somewhat stopped down, f6.3 and the shot below opened up to f2.0. It shows really good control over subject separation.
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