On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 06:42:52 GMT, stanley3721@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>People say MF 105/2.5 is legend. Others say AF 85/1.8 is extremely sharp (but
>suffer seriously from flare?). Which one do you (the owners) think is better?

You may be confusing comments made about different versions (I list
all the Nikkor SLR lens optical versions on my web page [under "I
babble"], and evaluate many). Virtually all the Nikkor tele lenses
are superb, but there are minor reservations and variations. The
original 85mm f1.8 non-AI non-multi-coated version was flarey
with strong backlight, but the current AF (and later early-version
MF...) 85 f1.8's are really excellent. If I were to choose the two
overall best general-use lenses in the range you mentioned, I would
choose the AF 85mm f1.8 and the MF 105 f2.8 macro - but most of the
others are so close as to be indistinguishable without very careful
observation (so don't worry about it...! ;-). One thing that I
appreciate about most of the Nikkor teles is that they are quite
sharp wide open under most common shooting conditions.