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Nikon AF-S DX Micro 85mm f/3.5G ED VR

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Nikon for APS-C cameras, 85mm f/3.5.

MakerNikon
Focal length85mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/3.5
Made forAPS-C sensors
MountsNikon F
Stabilisedyes
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

1424355085135200400800128mm equiv.85mm on APS-C
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
APS-C 128mm · 16°
How wide 85mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/3.5
f/3.5 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On APS-C (Nikon F): like 128mm on full frame; f/3.5 gives about the depth of field of f/5.2 there.
  • On the larger-sensor bodies of Nikon F: it works with the camera in a APS-C crop mode, at fewer megapixels.

Cameras it fits

Questions people ask

See what it frames: its view on the Nikon D3500 at any distance, and its depth of field, drawn to scale.