Picked up the new Nikon 105 f1.4E last week but haven't had much of a chance to use it on people, they generally run a mile from me when they think I am going to take their photo! Even my dog won't come near me if I have the camera these days!

This lens is about narrow DOF to give a sense of "depth" and also it's about great bokeh with the right background. It is also about being sharp wide open, not an easy thing to accomplish with a fast f1.4 lens like this. To get great bokeh and sharpness wide open is also quite a feat as the two don't generally go hand in hand.

D810 + 105 f1.4, mostly at f1.4 unless indicated otherwise.

1/3200s f/1.4 at 105.0mm iso160



1/8000s f/1.4 at 105.0mm iso64



1/3200s f/1.4 at 105.0mm iso160



1/1600s f/1.4 at 105.0mm iso125



1/5000s f/1.4 at 105.0mm iso140



1/3200s f/1.4 at 105.0mm iso80



100% crop of above showing the incredible detail on the eye and this is WIDE OPEN for a lens of f1.4!! DOF at this distance is total about 25mm but critical focus distance would be less then that!



1/2000s f/2.0 at 105.0mm iso90 - check out the bee.



1/800s f/8.0 at 105.0mm iso640