I got the 85mm 1.8G today for my birthday Really happy with the lens. It's amazing. Below are some photos, one taken with my Galaxy S4. It's all in low-light conditions, with limited creative options because I just quickly snapped some pics to test the lens out ISO's were around 1600 and up, aperture at f1.8 throughout everything, and shutter speeds were below 1/100 most of the time (got to practice a majorly steady hand). It's night-time, bad lighting in the house -- flash is on my to-get list.

http://imageshack.us/a/img708/3783/v9wi.jpg/ <-- the lens (not sure why I can't show the image)




http://imageshack.us/a/img36/4659/rszo.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img819/3448/f3we.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img27/1833/a4hf.jpg

So sharp at f1.8 (and ISO is 1600): http://oi41.tinypic.com/731iqb.jpg
(tinypic resized the photo :-/... even at 1:1 it's sharppppp)

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Oct 17 2013 03:56am

its your birthday so its a gift,

for the money youve spent you should have just went full frame, what a waste

Thanks. You're a positive individual. And so full of cheer at that.

I absolutely love my 70-300 VR lens, as well as my 85mm 1.8G. I need a good zoom range lens, so my 16-85mm is wonderful, though I might've gotten away with a $300 cheaper 18-105. And finally, my 35mm 1.8G was $200 and I paid for it with futureshop gift card money, and the only reason I can regret that purchase is because it needs fixing. I got my D5200 at a discount ($560 instead of $700). The only money I've possibly wasted is getting a $700 DX zoom when I could've paid $350 for something similar.

So to say that I should've went full-frame: I would've had to pay $2000 for the body, and oh wait... I would already have spent more than I have (minus the 85mm 1.8G which I didn't buy), and so I'd have ZERO lenses up until now.

So damn sharp @ f1.8. Even in fairly dim light the focus is good. Haven't gotten to take it out for a real test drive yet.

http://imageshack.us/a/img820/6518/h9y1.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img593/374/pux6.jpg

When it comes to lens correction, there's pretty much nothing to correct. No vignetting, no warping, no nothing... it's just perfect. Damn perfect.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Oct 17 2013 07:43pm