I shot my first wedding with it over the weekend. There's probably very little difference, optically between this and the old lens. Purple fringing is better muted, it seems sharper, and AF-S just rocks at tracking subjects.
I had with me the D3x with 24-70 for formals, and the 85 1.4G on my d700 for candids and low light work. Autofocus was accurate, quick and it really bit down to get optimal/critical sharpness, which was my main complain with the older lens. It was quick with autofocusing, but it wasn't very accurate. I yielded a lot of keepers with the new lens.
I'm currently post processing some 2500 images from the 12 hour shoot, and I'm just about done. Pics will be up soon.
This lens is apparently pretty hot, because it's back-ordered everywhere. I'd get mine here: Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S NIKKOR Lens for Nikon Digital SLR
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Thinking of getting this lens. AFter using it for the day, would you recommend it over the older version.
Cheers Damien
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