Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Nikon

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Nikon:

Awesome lens for the price. Manual focus makes it difficult to use for children's portraits, but other than that its sharp and creates beautiful images.

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Nikon:

This lens is very high quality, solid metal and glass construction. For this price, I wouldn't worry too much about breaking it although it would be a challenge none the less. The image quality is very good. I also have the latest Nikon 85 1.4g and comparing the images there is very little difference. Comparing the price...eesh that's another story. The one real downside is that this is a manual focus lens only. Shooting portraits of still models, still object, or still anything this lens will amaze. Once things begin moving around, it's almost impossible to nail focus at F/1.4
Still amazing value, I am glad I purchased it and will likely keep it on me while traveling for a cheap and effective ultra-fast, mega-Bokeh lens.

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Nikon:

I wanted to have a portrait lens with a fast aperture and the price of the other lenses was too much because I mainly use it for video with my Canon T2i. This lens deliver beautiful images with a lovely bokeh and the manufacturing quality is really good.
I am very pleased with this lens , I will plan to use it with the AG-AF100 with and adapter and will post the experience on a Micro Four Third Sensor

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Nikon:

I love this lens. This is the only non-nikon lens in my prime kit, and I have no regrets buying it over the Nikon 1.4 or the 1.8, as it performs as well and is cheaper. Sure, it has a slightly cheesy plastic housing (what do you expect for the price), but it has excellent optics, is sharp, has a beautiful creamy bokeh, and is fast. I use it with my AF100 for video use as my goto portrait lens, and love the images it produces, as do my clients. No one believes the image is from a $330 generic lens.p.s. Ken Rockwell does an excellent review of this lens here. I have found it to be spot on:[@]

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Nikon:

Use this lens for mostly portraits but gives the informal sittings great "glamour bokeh". Downside is that it is difficult to get proper focus (aging eyes) especially in low light situations. Never seem to have that difficulty when I was shooting Nikon F3 and a 50mm f/1.4 but that was 25 years ago...
Overall, if you can shoot at a slower pace, concentrate on the focusing, it is an excellent lens, especially for the price!

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Nikon:

I have many vintage manual focus Nikkor lenses but was lacking the 85mm f1.4. I am impressed with the feel and quality of this lens for the price. Much of my photography is still with B&W film on manual bodies and judging by the results thus far this lens compares favorably with my vintage lenses in sharpness and image contrast. The build and internal focusing feels solid and handles really well. The narrow depth of field at f1.4 may be an issue for those not accustomed to manual focus lenses but with practice will improve.