Great lens with the sharpness I expect from Nikon. Ideal for my purpose shooting food. 85mm gives distance so I don't get tomato sauce on the lens hood.

I loved taking pictures of flowers with my point-and-shoot, so I was missing the ability to picture the small things in life after upgrading to dSLR. This is my first true Macro lens and I'm not disappointed.

Nice Bokeh

great product for close up pictures.

Easily Interchangeable; Fast / accurate auto-focus

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Mid range telephoto Prime with VR. I've found focus to be sharp and accurate. I have not had the opportunity to use the Micro capability. We have the good fortune to have wildlife that share the area where we live and we can get quite close without either

This 85mm f/3.5 lens is used with both my D80 and my D5100, mostly the latter. I had done quite a bit of review and article reading about many Nikon, Tokina, Sigma and Tamron f/2.8 aperture prime lenses in the 60mm to 105mm range for my macro work, and then I literally stumbled on this beauty and...

A cracker of a macro lens. Small, lightweight, great image quality and the VR is the icing on the cake. I just wish there was some Summer weather so I could put it to more use. Goodbye Sigma 150.

Durable; Lightweight; Quick Focus; Rugged; Sharp Focus; Strong Construction

Have purchased and used the 40, 60, and 105 micros. They're all fine lenses. This 85 lens is especially nice for close-up photography because of the working distance at 1:1 and is quite suitable for portrait work. Nikon has always made fine macro lenses.

I HAVE BEEN DEBATING WHICH NIKON MACRO LENS TO PURCHASE FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. FINALLY WHEN I SAW ABE'S PRICE ON THE 85MM I MADE MY DECISION AND ORDERED. I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. PEOPLE I DEALT WITH WERE FRIENDLY AND VERY HELPFUL.

Easy To Use; Improves Picture Quality

While I hope to create a full Nikon 85mm f/3.5G AF-S DX VR Micro Lens, my first priority is to include results from this lens in the lens comparison tools available on the site.

The AF-S DX Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/3.5G ED VR was Nikon's first macro-lens designed specifically for DX-bodies. And it's only the second macro lens that offers image-stabilization following its larger cousin, the AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED.