I have my original highly appreciated, but for the time being overhauled, AF 85 / 1.4D replaced with the AF-S 85 / 1.4. The successors lived up to expectations with respect. Picture quality full and provides a much better performance especially open and a strongly increased resolution. The ultrasonic motor has not completely met my expectations / hopes. He is very quiet and has to be very nice and focused manually, but is surprisingly slow (eg, compared to the 24-70 or 70-200).
Conclusion: + State-of-the-art optics, better than Leica, and also open fully usable + Greatly improved margin performance + Extremely high resolution + Excellent workmanship + Very stable and amazingly lightweight magnesium housing
- Autofocus bit slow (compared with, for example, the AF-S 24-70 / 2.8)