SAMYANG 85 mm f/1 – Good working nice lencs

It changed my view to photography, an excellent lense. Downside its manual and once you are aware of it, you are on the ball.

Quality glass with pin sharp pictures. Takes a lot of hit and miss practice at f1.

I’m no expert but the pix look amazing, so it’s totally worth the money.

Buy it if your after and good value for money portrait lens im happy with mine give it a try.

Lens is well constructed and seems to produce some very lovely photos. The lens has some plastic feeling parts like the lens hood and caps but if you ignore this, it’s quality is up there.

For the money it’s the best lens i’ve ever had the pleasure to use. Remember it’s manual and a little fiddly but a joy to use.

• Top lens
• Worth every penny
• Awesome.

Has the a pin so the camera can be set to many automatic settings, no just manual. This focal length is generally used for portrait, i have used it for sport when you can get close to the touch line and the action is not too far away.

This is nonautofocused lencs.

A little heavy, to hang around your neck for a long time, but not too bad either.

I am absolutely amazed by this lens. I was reluctant to the brand, reluctant to manual focus. This is a great lens, extremely sharp, even when used with a nikon d90. The manual focus is really great, and, as long as you know that your camera is capable of confirming focus, you’ll be fine.

Beautiful, creamy images and the overused term ‘monster boheh’, but in this case warranted. Manual system takes some getting used to and the depth of field at f/1. 4 is razor thin, but i love this lens. Well made, reassuringly heavy and positive aperture click stops.

Features of SAMYANG 85 mm f/1.4 IF Lens – for Canon

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• Bright f/1.4 medium telephoto portrait lens
• Lens is constructed with hybrid aspherical elements for outstanding, sharply defined images
• Features the latest generation multi-layer anti-reflection ultra multi-coating (UMC) to minimise flare and ghosting
• Minimum focusing distance of 3.3′ (1.0 m) for enhanced portrait shots
• Format Compatibility:35mm Film / Full-Frame Digital Sensor

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From the manufacturer

Samyang 85mm F1.4 AS IF UMC

Experience soft, yet unique and stylish bokeh

• The 85mm F1.4 is a manual focus prime lens, designed to give exceptional results at wide apertures.
• At F1.4 great images can be obtained, which is perfect for portraiture and low light shooting.

Features

Full Frame or Crop Sensor The lens is suited to full frame or crop sensor cameras. Coupled with the fast F1.4 aperture this becomes an excellent portrait lens for tighter head shots or working from a distance.	Bokeh The Samyang 85mm lens design offers excellent bokeh quality of out-of-focus highlights when used wide open at f1.4.	Optical Construction The optical configuration comprises 9 elements in 7 groups and includes one Aspherical element. The internal focus feature provides superb handling and the 8 blade aperture diaphragm allows perfectly aesthetic bokeh in out-of-focus areas.	Ultra Multi Coatings The Samyang 85mm F1.4 AS IF UMC Aspherical Lenses feature Ultra Multi Coatings. All elements have multilayer, antireflective coatings applied, which further improve the very high level of light transmission this lens offers.

Technical Information

• Image Sensor Size – Full Frame
• Focal Length – 85mm
• Maximum Aperture – f/1.4
• Filter Diameter – 72mm
• Minimum Focus Distance – 1.0m
• Focus Type – Manual

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Lovely bokeh, tack sharp images. The only thing is the very noticeable ca when shooting branches and whatnot against the bright sky for example. Other than that, i’m having so much fun with this lens at d moment.

Obviously it doesn’t have auto focus and it’s just a manual lens but the focus peaking on sony a7 works perfectly fine with it and makes it easier. Solidly built, very happy wirh its performance.

Very nic lens had o problem at first thought i had a problem just a reflection.

I bought this lens for its bokeh qualities, it is a super fast lens at an affordable price.

Quality build and focal precision.

Bright f/1.4 medium telephoto portrait lens

Manual focus, but very easy to focus due to the long throw and it’s sharpness, even wide open. Downside is either due to the aperture or coating, ca appears in high contrast areas. This is however incredibly easy to remove in lr.

My ffirst non-motorised focus lens. Focis is easy to achieve and stable. Very good valie for the price.

The focus distance, you have to get use to the distance between the camera and the subject and adjust yourself accordingly to get a sharp image.

A great quality, solid build, manual focus lens, the perfect budget choice for portrait photography, love it. Only downside is no af but that doesn’t matter if you aren’t lazy.

Sometimes hard to focus (depth of field is very thin a f/1. 4), but great for low light. I bought the nikon mount, so i could use it on my dslr and adapt it to mft. Easier to focus on the mft with focus peaking.

I like the this lens, it’s made very well. It’s slow to use so it makes you think of what you’re doing.

Lens is constructed with hybrid aspherical elements for outstanding, sharply defined images

Well i bought this as i had read quiet a few reviews but was not expecting this. 4 lens but i was shocked how good this is ,,,,at 1. 4 the background is blown right out and further up the clarity is just amazing i was speechless. I recommend that you learn aperture priority and pop one of these on you will not be disappointed.

Very well made lens, very sharpand would recommend.

Isn’t autofocus but on nikon d700 the focus indicator comes on solid when in focus.

4 this sharpness improves a little when stopped down to f2. The manual focus is not a problem as i have been using manual focus lenses for many years. Very happy with my purchase.

A beautiful lens and a joy to use.

Very pleased with this lens. I read a lot of reviews before buying and it is, indeed, a lot of lens for the money. If you are happy with fully manual shooting (focus, aperture, shutter speed and iso) you can get great portraits and stunningly sharp photographs with this excellent lens.

10 star for the seller , 10 star for amazon 10 star for this lens , fast delivery , good service. This lens is absolutley amazing , the only problem this lens don’t have af is manual but if you are good no problem and you save hundreds and hundreds of pounds. The quality in the pictures are extraordinary.

Features the latest generation multi-layer anti-reflection ultra multi-coating (UMC) to minimise flare and ghosting

I’m sure i’ve reviewed this before. This is used on my sony a77. The pictures are stunning and 1. 4 it is very fast with great bokeh. It is a manual focus lens but i love manual focus so it suits me. As my pro snapper friend said it’s the best 85mm manual lens he has used. It is what you wouls call ‘engineered’ it’s heavy, beautiful and made incredibly well. If it was auto focus it would cost at least £1,200 in my opinion.

I bought this in canon fit to use with a simple adaptor on sony full frame e-mount. I’m comfortable when using a manual focus lens with my sony mirrorless of the helpful focus peaking and the live view magnification. It’s a fantastic lens for the money. In focus areas are very sharp, when wide open the edges suffer a little, typical of any 1. 4 lens but the centre is perfect, great for portraiture. Colour and contrast all fantastic. I have used it for both photo and video. I’ve owned l glass like the canon 24-105 zoom and the quality from this prime easily beats that lens.

As usual, top optical quality from samyang. I own the 12mm, 35mm, 50mm & 85mm and can say that i like them much better than my canon 135mm f2 or 16-35 f4. None of the samyang lenses have autofocus, and to me this is an advantage as it makes me a better photographer. In the old days all lenses were manual, there was no photoshop and yet legendary images were produced. I am using it with magic lantern focus peaking which makes manual focusing quick and accurate.

This lens is a gem and amazing for portraits. Dont be put off by manual focus. Well happy with this little beauty and a must for any photographer.

Minimum focusing distance of 3.3′ (1.0 m) for enhanced portrait shots

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