Customer Ratings & Reviews

It is a great portrait lens that is easy to use. It was worth the price and the quailty is excellent.

I already have 35 mm, 50 mm. I wanted to try 85 mm and this one is reasonably priced and when i tried it, it didn't disappoint me.

I was torn between this and the much more expensive 1.4 and chose the 1.8 mainly because of price. I'm not a professional photographer although I do shoot seriously, and this produces high quality images. It's decent in low light and the autofocus is fairly quick, and I even have decent results wide open. Some complain about the plastic construction which is a fair concern, but if you take care of things you'll have nothing to worry about! It's certainly worth the price and performs admirably.

The image quality and bokeh this lens delivers are fantastic, and at this price point cannot be rivaled by anyone.

The aperture of this lens is amazing. Great for outdoors. Just a warning, I bought to take pictures of my kids, but it’s too long for interior photos on a DX camera. You have to step back very far. Outside, though it’s a beauty! Light lens and beautiful bokeh. Happy shooting! Side note: I dropped my camera with this lens on and it held up pretty well considering it hit concrete. I had to fix the aperture clip...and good as new.

This lens has fixed all of my basketball shot woes. I am finally getting clear sharp well lit pictures. Great price too!

Great lense for portraits. On crop sensor it’s about a 127mm. Very sharp IQ and fast focusing.

I bought this lens to go with my D810 to take portraits. It is sharp and produces nice bokeh. It is also very light.

I highly recommend this lens for beginner Nikon dSLR users who own only the kit zoom lens that came with the camera. The lens is light and compact and produces very impressive results. I highly recommend the use of this lens for portrait, events and for landscape. This lens allows you to shoot at low light and/or to blur the background of the subject of the photo. This prime lens is a safe, affordable and way to see for yourself how good a prime lens can be as against the kit zoom lens.

This lens is beyond my expectation, the bokeh is awesome, it creates clear pictures, its my carry everywhere l go lens.

Perfect creamy bokeh, super sharp, with just the right amount of compression highly recommend this lens!

I just used this lens for the first time last weekend and was able to get some beautiful Sr photos with a nice blurred background. The only thing it is missing is an apature ring on the lens.

Right lens for my bag to take portraits.. I have used it in low light and its sharpness and low distortion are superb

Glad I picked this lens up. Perfect focal length for portraits and fast aperture:-)

I have this lens paired with my D850. Straight out of the box, it didn't pair well. Once I made micro adjustments, the pictures are overall sharp. No major issues with chromatic aberration. Overall, it's been worth the money.

Incredible detail and sharp images at a great focal length for a full frame Nikon.

Great telephoto portait lens. Shoots great photos with amazing picture quality wuth shallow deoth of field highlighting the subject. I am very happy with this addition.

On a full frame sensor camera, this lens is awesome. Beautiful bokeh, great colors, sharp image.

Awesome portrait lens. Is lightweight and Creates beautiful bokeh.

Love the focal length and sharp images. Can’t go wrong with a Nikon prime lens.