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NIKKOR Z 135MM F/1.8 S PLENA

www.nikon.co.uk £2,699/$2,497

The Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena has a tough act to follow. We were impressed by the Z 85mm f/1.2 S, but the Plena takes everything to a whole new level. Naturally, it doesn’t have such a fast aperture rating (which would be impractical), but the longer focal length still enables a tight depth of field. We love the way the lens is perfectly suited to tight head-and-shoulders portraiture, but also to still-life photography, and any situation where you want to compress perspective with a medium telephoto focal length while isolating the main subject by blurring its surroundings.

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