I sold off my Nikon D7000 a while back, but I really miss my 85 1.4 AF-D. Part of me wants to rebuy that body/lens combo, which would be under $1,000. While I loved the colors and the look of the Nikon combo, I always felt dissatisfied with the focus accuracy. Some of that could have been the fact that it's a 1.4 lens but I feel like it was also because it doesn't have on sensor PDAF and I always found focus tuning tedious and not always helpful.
These are some of the other 85mm-135mm equivalent options that spring to mind:
Samsung NX1/NX500 (which I already own) with Samsung 85mm f/1.4
Sony A6000 (which I already own) with Sony Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 or Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8
Oly E-M5 with Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.2
Fuji X-E1 with 56mm f/1.2
The Samsung 85mm is the cheapest of them all and I already own Samsung bodies but the NX1 is rigged up for video and I think I'd prefer a dedicated body for an 85mm.
Any other combos you'd suggest? Which of these portrait lenses will I fall in love with? Not sure I know why I loved shooting with that Nikon 85 lens so much, I just found the images so much more pleasing to the eye.
These are some of the other 85mm-135mm equivalent options that spring to mind:
Samsung NX1/NX500 (which I already own) with Samsung 85mm f/1.4
Sony A6000 (which I already own) with Sony Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 or Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8
Oly E-M5 with Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.2
Fuji X-E1 with 56mm f/1.2
The Samsung 85mm is the cheapest of them all and I already own Samsung bodies but the NX1 is rigged up for video and I think I'd prefer a dedicated body for an 85mm.
Any other combos you'd suggest? Which of these portrait lenses will I fall in love with? Not sure I know why I loved shooting with that Nikon 85 lens so much, I just found the images so much more pleasing to the eye.