Samyang 85mm F1.2 XP Lens Review | John Sison
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The Samyang 85mm F1.2 XP is Samyang's most telephoto lens in their XP lineup that is made for DSLR cameras. This lens is manual focus and is only available in the Canon EF mount but I am able to use this lens on my Sony a7 III with my lens adapter. If you have a mirrorless body and want to adapt this lens to your body, you will just need to get the correct adapter for your body and is able to accept the Canon EF mount.
This is a lens that is primarily targeted towards portrait photography but I have used it for several other aspects like cityscape. With it's wide aperture of F1.2, this is going to be versatile for low light conditions as well as helping you get a smooth and out of focus background from your subject in focus, otherwise known as bokeh.
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PURCHASED THIS LENS , ADAPED IT TO MY EOS R, EYE DETECT IN CAMERA WORKS AND MY HIT RATE IS VERY GOOD...NO VIDEOS MENTION THAT THE EYE DETECT WORKS VERY WELL WITH THIS LENS
That's good to know! I wouldn't have been able to try that out but thanks for adding that info in there!! 😊
@@JohnSisonPhotography, you are welcome and I just love the images this lens produces
Does the focus guide on the eos r work ? That in my opinion is the best manual focus tool ever created! If that works I will definitely have to make the purchase .
@@Swaggapackin, yes works excellent.. I started out shooting manually in the early 90s and I'm a portrait photographer so having to slow down to get focus right don't bother me at all..
I have this lens. this is a great lens. use it on my a7III and GFX. my only complaint is its flaring and weather sealing. You can set it to 1.2, just go to the settings, change exposure steps to .5 and exposure compensation dial must be always at 0.
Oh! Bravo!! That's great to hear! I'm going to try it out when I get home. Thanks for that!
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With the electronic contacts are you able to get focus beep confirmation?
Regarding the f1.3 vs f1.2 situation. Yes you can go to exposure steps and change it from 0.3 to 0.5 and it will display f1.2 on screen. However I carefully observed the aperture blades whilst changing this and noted changing from 1.3 to 1.2 does not make any difference to the actual aperture, only what appears on the screen. And yes it is a massive aperture so my feeling that even when it shows f1.3 it is really a true f1.2.
Hey, where do you find exposure steps? Is it a setting in the camera?
@@princeharbinger yes it's a camera setting
@dreamteamfilms3550 Hi, thank you. Do you know if there's any adapters that would allow eye AF? I think there's one for vintage lenses, but I'm not sure if it would work with this lens.
@@princeharbinger this is a fully manual lens! No autofocus at all even for native camera
@@dreamteamfilms3550 I know I was just wondering if there's an adapter. I've seen an adapter for vintage lenses that allows them to autofocus. I think it's called Techart. I also just saw a comment on here where someone said that the Canon R allowed them to get eye autofocus with this lens.
U find body stabilisation on lense better?
The stabilisation on lenses are better, especially if its on a Sony camera body.
What's the point of a manual focus 85mm lens? This is obviously for portraits and crazy bokeh, but with manual focus and that huge aperture it's going to be almost impossible to get a sharp picture.
It can take a bit of practice but when you nail the shots, it can look pretty amazing. If you think MF on this lens is crazy, there is also a Samyang 135mm F2 lens hehe
I had this lens, if branded Rokinon's XP series, on my Canon 6D, whose stock focusing screen I switched to the matte focusing screen, better for manual focusing. By chance, I did only one session with the lens-environmental portraiture on busy urban sidewalks-and generally missed focus only at headshot framing. The rest was mostly reliable.
Yet even at headshot framing, by shooting bursts, which is my custom anyhow for portraits, I obtained perhaps my favorite portrait ever. That photo's only flaw-that the farther eye, rather than the nearer eye, is in sharpest focus-is negligible to most viewers. And in fact, the occasion was too hectic for me to even notice the lens' focus confirmation.
Once I switched to Sony, the α7R II, a few months later, the speedbooster than I had as my only Canon EF adapter returned an error with, of all my lenses, only this lens. By the time I got Sigma's MC-11 adapter, I had already sold this lens. Yet I figure that focusing it on mirrorless would be fairly easy, given focus peaking or especially Canon RF's focusing aid.
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it shows up at f/1.3 but it's actually 1.2. I have and use the same combination lol
Lol! I haven't tried it yet but @phillipenriquez said, you can set it to 1.2, just go to the settings, change exposure steps to .5 and exposure compensation dial must be always at 0
I think that there's no straightforward, universal fact of the matter. I think that the camera reports F stop by reading the EXIF data and perhaps gauging optic input. Meanwhile, the lens manifests significant focus breathing, and so its focal length is not a constant 85mm. This entails that the literal F stop-focal length divided by pupil diameter-is not constantly f/1.2 truly.
I have the Rokinon version. My setup is the Sony A711 and the Sigma MC-11 adapter. I did a photoshoot with this lens and had mixed results. I think using a tripod would have improved my capture rate. Nonetheless, the in focused captures are beautiful with creamy Bokeh and that is the reason why I bought this lens.
Using a tripod definitely helps, if possible, set your shutter speed faster as well to avoid any blur. Were you able to shoot at F1.2?
John Sison I too see the shift to f1.3 but during the shoot the camera showed f1.2. Today the camera and lens combo shows f1.3. Not sure if this makes a difference but while the lens is attached put your camera in memory mode and see what the aperture is. My camera shows f1.2 in memory mode 1 and 2. Hope this helps.
@@maxrogers9639 from what i hear its a firmware thing. My Canon 5D3 shows 1.2 in 1/3 stop increments. My Sony A72 shows f/1.3 in 1/3 stop increments. At 1/2 stop increments it shows f/1.2. KILLER LENS!
James Monahan Finally! Thanks for the info.
@@maxrogers9639 most welcome Max. It's what I found in my search. Much success!
is the aperture just 1.2 or can you adjust the aperture?
All cameras just list the lowest apertures but you will always be able to close it down. In this lens it will be via the body only
@bradleyjadir5849 Hey, can you open and close the aperture without the adapter? I'm curious if it would work with a dumb adapter. Also, do you know of any adapters that would allow this lens to get eye AF?
For what camera body should be in the title.
Well it is a lens made for the Canon EF mount but I just adapted for the Sony E-mount with an adapter.
Quick question, if it’s possible while focusing the lens to draw in dust will placing a lens filter on the lens create a vacuum?
If there is a filter on the front of the lens, this should solve the issue of the lens sucking up dust while focusing in and out.
Thanks for the great review. But for most Sony users the new Sigma 85mm 1.4 DG DN will be much more attractive.
Agreed! This is a very specific lens for people that are interested in the XP lens.
Why would i Think Of Purchasing a $700.00 + Lens That's Not Native To The Camera Body...That's 2 New Items You Must Buy to Make it work Properly........ Crazy!!!!
While I agree with you, especially with the amount of 85mm in the native mount, other people have their reasons like wanting an F1.2 aperture or people who are coming from Canon to Sony or have the lens with any other mirrorless body.
Somebody will want it for shooting something, they also get the added bonus of being able to put additional Canon glass on to the Sony camera, though give it a while and samyang will probably make a version for Sony E mount anyway.
Nobody wants _you_ to buy it. Others already have Sigma's MC-11 adapter, anyway, or would buy it plus the lens since John Sison quite understated its optical quality, outdoing even a lens costing thousands of dollars.
@@lasarith2 I guess you right.
@@JohnSisonPhotography your right.