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Samyang MF 85mm F1.4 MK2

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Product Overview

Samyang MF 85mm F1.4 MK2 is an affordable manual-focus lens available for several popular DSLR and mirrorless systems. A short telephoto prime lens optimized for portrait photography, it covers the full-frame image circle but is sold also to APS-C and MFT users.
While the MF 85mm F1.4 MK2 appears to have some resemblance to the AF 85mm F1.4 that many have come to love, it has a different optical design. To be able to support all the different lens mounts, Samyang has abandoned electronic contacts, making this a pure mechanical lens. It is weather sealed for all but F-mount.
Two unique redeeming features of this lens are the focus lock and the de-clickable aperture ring. They reflect Samyang's dedication to videographers.
Another lens with this new design language is Samyang's new MF 14mm F2.8 MK2.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 83%
Pros
  • Improved image quality
  • Bright maximum aperture
  • Weather-sealed
  • Very good color rendition
Cons
  • Low maximum magnification
  • Bokeh not the best

What external reviewers found

External score 60%
Pros
  • Very good build quality and ergonomics
  • Very nice background blur, good sharpness and the click less aperture helps
Cons
  • No EXIF transmitted to the body) Weather sealing
  • Bokeh wide open is very nicest as soon as you close down to F1.4

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External Reviews

sonyalpha[1]

Reviewer score 60% (normalized by Neofiliac)
Reviewers from sonyalpha have found:
The Samyang MF 85mm F1.4 MK2 has the same optical design but improved build quality and ergonomics. The main addition is the aperture ring that can be set to click less which makes it great for video. In term of sharpness the lens suffers on the 61Mpix and you need to close down to F2.8/F4 to get very good to excellent results.
Pros
  • Very good build quality and ergonomics
  • Very nice background blur, good sharpness and the click less aperture helps
Cons
  • Bokeh wide open is very nicest as soon as you close down to F1.4
  • No EXIF transmitted to the body) Weather sealing

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References

  1. ^ Samyang MF 85mm F1.4 MK2. [sonyalpha].

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