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 09/21/2009 06:53:02 PM · #1
I just bought a Nikon 105mm VR Macro lens... here's my other lens lineup:

Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX VR II
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI
Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X 124AF Pro DX

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Should I keep or dump the 85mm f/1.8 lens??? any thoughts??? will this 105mm do the job of the 85mm as well???

let me know... thanks
 09/21/2009 06:57:46 PM · #2
Originally posted by Shutter-For-Hire:
I just bought a Nikon 105mm VR Macro lens... here's my other lens lineup:

Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX VR II
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI
Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X 124AF Pro DX

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Should I keep or dump the 85mm f/1.8 lens??? any thoughts??? will this 105mm do the job of the 85mm as well???

let me know... thanks


Keep the 85 and dump the 18-55mm 3.5-5.6.
 09/21/2009 07:10:01 PM · #3
Originally posted by bassbone:
Keep the 85 and dump the 18-55mm 3.5-5.6.


ditto

R.
 09/21/2009 07:11:15 PM · #4
well, the 18-55 will only bring in like $60 (It is my backup lens that lives on my D40 camera)

I can get $300 US for the 85mm Easily on ebay...

is it worth keeping for that much??? if you were going out shooting headshots, which would you bring? 85mm or 105mm ??
 09/21/2009 09:44:15 PM · #5
Originally posted by Shutter-For-Hire:
well, the 18-55 will only bring in like $60 (It is my backup lens that lives on my D40 camera)

I can get $300 US for the 85mm Easily on ebay...

is it worth keeping for that much??? if you were going out shooting headshots, which would you bring? 85mm or 105mm ??


I'd use the 85 for headshots, because I find the 105 a bit heavy, but you may be stronger than I am.

That said though, when I was making the same decision, I sold the 85. I don't do enough portraiture to justify a lens that I was only going to use for headshots.
 09/21/2009 09:51:22 PM · #6
I will double dito what Bear dito'd No sense hanging on to that kit lens when you have the dream team of glass.

eta: I just thought about this, I kept my 18-55 but only because it was the kit lens with my d-50 if I ever decide to sell that camera I can chuck that lens on there. It hasn't been on a camera for going on nearly 4 years.



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