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Thanks for reviewing alternative lenses for Sony FE cameras. It's great to see brands like Yongyuo, Viltrox, Samyang and others catch up to Sony, Sigma and Tamron image quality but at a more affordable price point for budget conscious photographers/videographers. Sharpness is definitely important to me and I do use DXO scores as reference prior to buying a new lens. Not many, if any, UA-cam camera reviewers reference DXO enough so props to you for being one of the first or few who does.
When you're buying new lenses, just remember people; ''Sharpest'' does not mean ''best image quality.'' All these lens characteristics like sharpness, CA and so on, don't mean anything when it comes to overall image quality of a lens. Hasselblad for example has been making the best lenses in the entire market for over 150 years now and their lenses were never ''the sharpest!'' or had the ''best CA performance!'' and yet the image quality of photos taken with their cameras and lenses was always unmatched for not decades but almost two centuries... CENTURIES! Consumer grade manufacturers are chasing ''sharpness'' and ''eye af'' and other nonsense, while manufacturers like Hasselblad, Phase One, Angenieux, Cooke, Panavision, Leica, Zeiss and so on and so forth, have never had supreme sharpness lenses and yet their lenses always had legendary status image quality, well above the consumer grade manufacturers. Don't get fooled by marketing nonsense and buy quality products if you want your images to actually look good and not just be sharp.
I purchased this lens for my Nikon Zf Camera and Mark's review is spot on! Lens is sharp, fast, small & light, build quality is excellent. The only thing that was a little off was the lens hood will not fit if you put a UV filter on. Other than that, Mark's review of this lens checks all the box's of why you should look into this one as it may be very nice addition to have in your camera bag!
I'm super new and bought their lenses, only due to not wanting to jump in the deep end before I learned what I was doing. Good to know they are great for the money.
The lens is on my wish-list and I been seeing mixed reviews about this lens. I am Nikon Z camera. The other reviews was from 3 years ago from Christopher Frost.
Hello Mark , I just bought this lens because of your video about how sharp the lens is . I have their 16mm f1.8 and it is really sharp . This lens cost $369 on AMAZON but I bought it here in one of the famous Asian E-commerce platform for only $240 . It is quite a huge discount on this updated version. I'm happy , thanks mark ☺️.. I'm currently on vacation here ..
Super cool that you shared the shy part. I share your non-traditional approach to street photography, sometimes shooting w 200mm! Thanks for your videos - they really are excellent and quite polished. One shiny bit of polish you could add is saying "Youngnou sent the lens to me" instead of "Youngnow sent the lens to myself". Myself is the reflexive, meaning you have to have started the sentence with the word "I". I gave this lens to myself because I am a good person. She gave this lens to herself. Thanks again for your contribution, Mark!
Thanks Mark! I have this lens but version 1 (the more plastic with red ring), sharpness was always very good on it, but the autofocus was a pain…, however you mention (and I totally forgot) that there was a firmware update so I rushed to computer and updated…Wow it’s like I got a new lens. Autofocus is now quite good, much better than before. Almost a Christmas present! 🎉
Hi Mark! Great video as always. I'm a beginner photographer, just bought my first camera (Lumix GX9) a year ago. I'm using it with Sigma 56mm f1.4 which on micro four thirds equal to 112mm focal length. I'm also using it for street photography and this combo delivers great results as to my taste.
Great job on the video Mark! Thanks for making it. I was about to go do some house work, but then I saw that you had posted this so I had to put those chores on hold. Darn.
I am impressed and it seems more and more lenses of quality at very affordable prices are coming out of China will put the highly hyped and priced Japanese products to shame....I will henceforth buy and use Chinese made lenses...everyone reviewed give credit to the makers....
Thanks for the vid. I just bought it for my a6700. Will see if it blows me away. I shot it for under $ 300 from yongnou themselfs with free shipping, as it was currently discounted. I hope it doesn't disappoint.
Thanks Mark!! I was looking for an 85 for my Z mount and ultimately want a f1.2, so didn’t want to spend too much now. On top of that, your pixie dust magic got an additional 20% off the lens for me!! You are a BEAUUU-TIFUL man!
Great video, thanks for sharing. If I were to nitpick I would only say that I would’ve love to see it mounted on a sony, just to get a feeling of how compact it is. Would you choose this one over the similarly priced (on discount) Viltrox 1.8 and Samyang 1.4? I have the samyang but if this is as good as you say, i could ditch the f stop to get the smaller frame.
The 90mm Macro it is slow to find focus, when u go far and close, but if u set the distance mark in lens and use adequaly you will have no problem, and the optics is SOOOOOOOO nice. I work with it in the film company, and it's amazing.
@@Pontcher It is sharp and good "When" you get it in focus... But in my opinion, and I did beauty work for over 20 years, it was frustrating to use and I sold it.. I can see if you are on a tripod and do not move at all it might work well. But for anything else it was not for me..
I love my 90mm macro lens. Autofocus is not an issue for me in photography specially portraits with good light (specially when you use focus limiter). I actually want to get one 85 1.8 to make my gear lighter/compact, but it's hard for me to replace this macro lens as most of the time it the only one attached to my cam. Reason- with this we always have the option to go close or use it as a macro lens.
Wow! I’m a video shooter primarily for UA-cam, and despite having a Sony ZV-E1, I know it’s a capable camera, yes no EVF; but for some simple photos of my kids I’ve loosely thought about a reasonably priced portrait lens and this may be just that! Tried a 50mm 1.8 but 85mm 1.8 would be better! I’ve got the 16-35 F4 PZ from Sony. This could be a powerful little combo!
Like you I also am shy when shooting out on the streets 😃. For street photography, my ideal lens would be say, 24 to 85mm zoom, but as slim or as 'pancakey' as possible if such a lens ever existed.😅. I also have the Sony 85mm f1.8. Thanks for the video
Wow interesting, thanks for the insight ! I might actually get this and replace my Tokina 85/1.8 which hangs the A74 now and again, I'm too lazy to send the lens for a firmware update. The Tokina is more or less identical to the Viltrox. The Yongnuo is actually cheaper than the Viltrox in China.
Mark, seeing your video and i think you are not just good but Great! . I think there are alot of them also quite good in presentation but I think you are best in term of expression and lively to watch throughout to the end of video.
there's one thing that these lens will not have and that's 3D pop, but then again very expensive sony lens don't have it and people still love the results so... amazing lens, thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Sonys GM line of lenses was literally invented because of Zeiss and most GM lenses were made by zeiss manufacturing standards, that sony legally stole from zeiss when they were under the partnership contract, which expired in 2019. thats why you wont see any more zeiss lenses for sony and probably for any camera ever again. all sonys fault. anyway, that said, most sony GM lenses have the ''3d pop'' or whatever you want to call that look, including all of the ZA lenses and even some cheaper lenses like the 2016 version of the 50mm 1.8 and the newest version of the 35mm 1.8.
@@nogerboher5266 no, they don’t, because the industry moved towards removing geometric and chromatic aberrations as a main focus. What this does is add changes to coatings and the number of elements used. The more glass, the worse the signal to noise ratio is going to be for the sensor. This does two things: lowers micro contrast and also flattens the image, the depth is not there anymore. PS: yes I do hate sony for what they did.
@@maggnet4829 it really depends on the lens resolve power and its capacity to absorb light. Yeah, you get more by doing that but there's a hard cap to each lens.
It used to bug me that people didn't name the lens in the first 30 seconds, but I realized that if you did I and everyone else would immediately click off and order one without even watching the video. Gear addiction is real lol
haha - yeah. It's not my preference, but if you say the name right away people click off in a few seconds and that tells the algorithm to kill the video. It will end up getting no views. This particular video is the longest I waited to say the name ever on my channel - and it's my most watched video.
Great! Another lens on my purchase list. Hey Mark, can I come crash in your studio when I get kicked out for buying too much Camera gear? LOL! Another great video bud!
Although many would have guessed, it took 3 minutes to say exactly what lens the video is about! Perhaps it's intentional, like a tease. But - as in that old-fashioned journalistic lesson, get the key facts in the first paragraph! Despite that, still useful and entertaining, so thanks. 💜
Quick question, as a third party lens how does it do in terms of being able to maximize and express all of Sony's smart features like autofocusing, continuous tracking and so on?
Mark, love this video once again. I appreciate all the content you put out. Btw, on a totally unrelated lens, what do you think is a good alternative to eh 16-55 f2.8 sony aps-c lens? Thanks in advance
his is great ! Thanks for the review! Perhaps you sold me this 85 mm lens! I'll buy it! I use Yongnuo 16 mm f1.8 - I’m very pleased! it costs less than a lens from Sigma, and the quality is excellent! at the same time smaller and lighter! The last ten videos on my channel were shot on Yongnuo
100mm /105 mm is the best for portraits and my favorite focal length. I really wish there was more e mount options in that range. Besides the sigma 105 f1.4. There not much else
Tom Colton on here on youtube did an extensive comparison of the various brands of 85 1.8 on the Sony E mount, the short story is, the competition for best 85 1.8 were between Sony, Viltrox, Tokina, and Yongnuo at the bottom because of the af issues. I decided to get the Tokina because it autofocus on par with Sony an no autofocus issues at all, was actually a tad sharper than Sony, and at 350 USD, it was a bargain.
Its more affordable than the Viltroxx 75mm 1.2 and you highly recommend it for portraits. Do we have a new king or is the Yongnuo just the prince we didnt know about? 👀
When you started the video I thought you might be talking about my favorite high value 85mm f1.8, the LUMIX. I’m curious how this compares. I use the less common L mount system so the lens you’re fearing isn’t an option for me (sigma fp L camera)
I can't remember, if you had the Viltrox 85mm 1.8 in one of your videos, but which one would you rather pick: Viltrox or Yongnuo? Because of Black Friday I'm eyeing the S5II and wish there were these cheap and great lens options :D
Perhaps I need to check this out, could make a really great macro on my APSC Sony a6600, the sharpest lens I have ever seen is my Sigma 56mm man that's so sharp.
I bought the 85mm YN, the first gen. It was awesome! But when I put it on my A9iii, it having some issues like couldn’t use continuous shot, it stuck, in video mode too.. but after upgrading to their newest firmware, IT WORKS SO GREAT! I used it for indoor sports arena at 1.8, and I think this was my favorite lens, beautiful bokeh, smooth autofocus(also fast). 🥹🥹 and it’s cheap. Hahaha
Can you please make a video on a comparison between Sony 11 mm and sigma 16mm with A6700. Basically while vlogging how will the active stab crops both of them and is it usable. Thank you in advance.
Hey mark! i love your videos and i got a ZV-E10 because of you, super happy with it, but i recently have been getting into street photography and i want something better than the kit lens. Im a college student so im on a really tight budget (preferably under 200£) im hoping to get something on black friday, what do you recommend? thanks a million in advance!
Hey Mark! Just started watching your stuff! Tell me where ya from in Canada? (province). Luv to meet up someday and talk with a Canadian creator like me.
If this is the look you want it's a good price point. I find it has a clinical look if you don't know what that is I will tell you. Contrastly over sharp and flat. Some of that can be fixed in post. I prefer a more vintage 3D pop. Just food for thought.
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis So many cine lenses go up to 150 and above?! A complete set of Arri Master primes would be great, but one problem: I don't want to sell my organs 🙂. Right now I got the Firin 20, the inexpensive Sony 50 1,8 and want to slowly build up prime lenses, that also work well with the a7s3 when I'm doing video work. I'm a ''hybrid one man show''- shooter, so all lenses need to work in both applications. Mainly doing fotos, and with my trusted D850, but for video or when I just want a small bag I take the Sony - sometimes with Ronin RS3 and Sennheiser MKE600 or for interviews and such Sennheiser wireless with tascam 4 channel DR70... This seems like a very good choice for the 85 range. Thanks again
I live in Germany and it looks like its hard to find exactly this model. I only find the one with the red strip and one without it, but still with YNlens print on it. Is it very new?
Yes, looks like the metal one is sold out everywhere. The one with the red ring is the same lens, but isn’t in a metal body. but it will perform the same optically.
Need help!!!! I have a canon EOS M50 and this lens doesn’t fit on my current adapter mount what mount works for this lens? Yes I don’t know much about cameras
There are 2 versions for Canon yn85mm-f1-8r-df-dsm-ii and 85F1.8R DF DSM anyone knowing the difference. mark II is more expensive .As far as I see lens coating different? mark1 has greenish glare?
Amazon are knocking out the 85 F1.8G for £345 at the moment which is decent. This one is actually more expensive in the UK than the Sony, some serious price revision required here.
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis yes this is UK, cheaper than the lens you review here, which is quite pricey in the U.K. compared to US/ Canada. Strange what happens with lens pricing. Viltrox and Sigma are not bad here in the U.K. compared to international prices, but, this brand and say, Tamron are expensive. Sony are normally a right rip off here in the U.K. but do sometimes have good deals on.
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Thanks for reviewing alternative lenses for Sony FE cameras. It's great to see brands like Yongyuo, Viltrox, Samyang and others catch up to Sony, Sigma and Tamron image quality but at a more affordable price point for budget conscious photographers/videographers. Sharpness is definitely important to me and I do use DXO scores as reference prior to buying a new lens. Not many, if any, UA-cam camera reviewers reference DXO enough so props to you for being one of the first or few who does.
When you're buying new lenses, just remember people; ''Sharpest'' does not mean ''best image quality.'' All these lens characteristics like sharpness, CA and so on, don't mean anything when it comes to overall image quality of a lens. Hasselblad for example has been making the best lenses in the entire market for over 150 years now and their lenses were never ''the sharpest!'' or had the ''best CA performance!'' and yet the image quality of photos taken with their cameras and lenses was always unmatched for not decades but almost two centuries... CENTURIES! Consumer grade manufacturers are chasing ''sharpness'' and ''eye af'' and other nonsense, while manufacturers like Hasselblad, Phase One, Angenieux, Cooke, Panavision, Leica, Zeiss and so on and so forth, have never had supreme sharpness lenses and yet their lenses always had legendary status image quality, well above the consumer grade manufacturers. Don't get fooled by marketing nonsense and buy quality products if you want your images to actually look good and not just be sharp.
I purchased this lens for my Nikon Zf Camera and Mark's review is spot on! Lens is sharp, fast, small & light, build quality is excellent. The only thing that was a little off was the lens hood will not fit if you put a UV filter on. Other than that, Mark's review of this lens checks all the box's of why you should look into this one as it may be very nice addition to have in your camera bag!
I'm super new and bought their lenses, only due to not wanting to jump in the deep end before I learned what I was doing. Good to know they are great for the money.
I got mine a couple months ago and have been using it on my full frame Sony. i loved it immediately.
The lens is on my wish-list and I been seeing mixed reviews about this lens. I am Nikon Z camera. The other reviews was from 3 years ago from Christopher Frost.
Love the 85mm focal length. Before having kids, my go-to setup was a 35 and an 85. Classic.
Hello Mark , I just bought this lens because of your video about how sharp the lens is . I have their 16mm f1.8 and it is really sharp . This lens cost $369 on AMAZON but I bought it here in one of the famous Asian E-commerce platform for only $240 . It is quite a huge discount on this updated version. I'm happy , thanks mark ☺️.. I'm currently on vacation here ..
Great to hear!!
Please share the link for the e commerce website
Super cool that you shared the shy part. I share your non-traditional approach to street photography, sometimes shooting w 200mm! Thanks for your videos - they really are excellent and quite polished. One shiny bit of polish you could add is saying "Youngnou sent the lens to me" instead of "Youngnow sent the lens to myself". Myself is the reflexive, meaning you have to have started the sentence with the word "I". I gave this lens to myself because I am a good person. She gave this lens to herself. Thanks again for your contribution, Mark!
Thanks Mark! I have this lens but version 1 (the more plastic with red ring), sharpness was always very good on it, but the autofocus was a pain…, however you mention (and I totally forgot) that there was a firmware update so I rushed to computer and updated…Wow it’s like I got a new lens. Autofocus is now quite good, much better than before. Almost a Christmas present! 🎉
awesome - gotta love those updates!!
Hi Mark! Great video as always. I'm a beginner photographer, just bought my first camera (Lumix GX9) a year ago. I'm using it with Sigma 56mm f1.4 which on micro four thirds equal to 112mm focal length. I'm also using it for street photography and this combo delivers great results as to my taste.
that’s a great combo!!
Wow! I was completely unaware of this one! I have a pile of their LED panels in storage, but had no idea. Another great video!
Thanks Mark for the review and the lens is on my wish-list, and I been seeing mix reviews.
As a Canon shooter, I must admit I'm a bit jealous of how many lens options Sony shooters have. Its sickening. lol
Yes - hopefully canon will change their minds soon
They made it in Canon RF. I’ve got one from before Canon locked out third parties. You can still find them every once in a while.
@@RockyMaiviaMiami I’m about to check eBay. Thanks for the info.
Always creating entertaining videos that are informative!! Happy holidays we appreciate you!
Same to you!
Love my Sigma 56mm / f1.4 lens on my Sony ZVE10. Equivalent to 84mm / f2.1. Gets great bokeh!
an amazing lens!!
Great job on the video Mark! Thanks for making it. I was about to go do some house work, but then I saw that you had posted this so I had to put those chores on hold. Darn.
Hold those chores!!
same thing, buddy!😉
Mark please stop doing this,,,, I am not able to buy lens from last 6 month 😅😅
haha - don’t buy them all (don’t be like me). But watch, write them down on a list, and choose the best ones after careful Mark Bennett watching. 🤣
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisisI hear Mark is checking it twice.
😂
Cheers so much Mark 😊
I will look into it whenever I upgrade or if I ever upgrade to full frame ❤
I am impressed and it seems more and more lenses of quality at very affordable prices are coming out of China will put the highly hyped and priced Japanese products to shame....I will henceforth buy and use Chinese made lenses...everyone reviewed give credit to the makers....
Thanks for the vid. I just bought it for my a6700. Will see if it blows me away. I shot it for under $ 300 from yongnou themselfs with free shipping, as it was currently discounted. I hope it doesn't disappoint.
Just got mine and it's a killer lens. Loving the images I'm taking.
great to hear!!
I’ve got it for Canon RF and it’s my favorite and cheapest lens at the same time and I have the ef 85 1.4 L.
I noticed they had that out for a while!!
Thanks Mark!! I was looking for an 85 for my Z mount and ultimately want a f1.2, so didn’t want to spend too much now. On top of that, your pixie dust magic got an additional 20% off the lens for me!!
You are a BEAUUU-TIFUL man!
🤣🤣
Great video, thanks for sharing. If I were to nitpick I would only say that I would’ve love to see it mounted on a sony, just to get a feeling of how compact it is. Would you choose this one over the similarly priced (on discount) Viltrox 1.8 and Samyang 1.4? I have the samyang but if this is as good as you say, i could ditch the f stop to get the smaller frame.
I’m tempted. Was going to use the Sony 90 mm macro for portraits, but this is a good deal. F1.8 pops better than 2.8. It looks nice.
The 90mm Macro is so SLOW to find focus it is very frustrating, I had it for a while but sold it right away for the same reason... JFYI
The 90mm Macro it is slow to find focus, when u go far and close, but if u set the distance mark in lens and use adequaly you will have no problem, and the optics is SOOOOOOOO nice. I work with it in the film company, and it's amazing.
@@Pontcher It is sharp and good "When" you get it in focus... But in my opinion, and I did beauty work for over 20 years, it was frustrating to use and I sold it.. I can see if you are on a tripod and do not move at all it might work well. But for anything else it was not for me..
I love my 90mm macro lens. Autofocus is not an issue for me in photography specially portraits with good light (specially when you use focus limiter).
I actually want to get one 85 1.8 to make my gear lighter/compact, but it's hard for me to replace this macro lens as most of the time it the only one attached to my cam.
Reason- with this we always have the option to go close or use it as a macro lens.
Wow! I’m a video shooter primarily for UA-cam, and despite having a Sony ZV-E1, I know it’s a capable camera, yes no EVF; but for some simple photos of my kids I’ve loosely thought about a reasonably priced portrait lens and this may be just that! Tried a 50mm 1.8 but 85mm 1.8 would be better! I’ve got the 16-35 F4 PZ from Sony. This could be a powerful little combo!
Like you I also am shy when shooting out on the streets 😃. For street photography, my ideal lens would be say, 24 to 85mm zoom, but as slim or as 'pancakey' as possible if such a lens ever existed.😅. I also have the Sony 85mm f1.8. Thanks for the video
Good luck, Mark!
Thanks a lot for video.
Wow interesting, thanks for the insight ! I might actually get this and replace my Tokina 85/1.8 which hangs the A74 now and again, I'm too lazy to send the lens for a firmware update. The Tokina is more or less identical to the Viltrox. The Yongnuo is actually cheaper than the Viltrox in China.
Yongnuo - очень удобно прошивать и прошивки выходят регулярно по мере обновления линеек камер
@@novikovgarage_SPB and onboard USB port is super convenient, I love that on my Viltrox lenses.
Mark, seeing your video and i think you are not just good but Great! . I think there are alot of them also quite good in presentation but I think you are best in term of expression and lively to watch throughout to the end of video.
Thanks!! That means a lot to me.
you should do a review on their 50 and 35 !
i love their 50 1.8 and 35f2 also. those are the lenses i started with as a photographer. speedboosted on my sony apsc bodies ❤❤👍👍
Thanks for the review! I will buy it today! :)
there's one thing that these lens will not have and that's 3D pop, but then again very expensive sony lens don't have it and people still love the results so... amazing lens, thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Sonys GM line of lenses was literally invented because of Zeiss and most GM lenses were made by zeiss manufacturing standards, that sony legally stole from zeiss when they were under the partnership contract, which expired in 2019. thats why you wont see any more zeiss lenses for sony and probably for any camera ever again. all sonys fault. anyway, that said, most sony GM lenses have the ''3d pop'' or whatever you want to call that look, including all of the ZA lenses and even some cheaper lenses like the 2016 version of the 50mm 1.8 and the newest version of the 35mm 1.8.
Raise shadows and lower the blacks. You'll get more 3D pop on any lens.
@@nogerboher5266 no, they don’t, because the industry moved towards removing geometric and chromatic aberrations as a main focus. What this does is add changes to coatings and the number of elements used. The more glass, the worse the signal to noise ratio is going to be for the sensor. This does two things: lowers micro contrast and also flattens the image, the depth is not there anymore. PS: yes I do hate sony for what they did.
@@maggnet4829 it really depends on the lens resolve power and its capacity to absorb light. Yeah, you get more by doing that but there's a hard cap to each lens.
@@AI3Dorinte Can you please elaborate more, I'm not understanding your reply to my suggestion.
Thank you so much for this recommendation , I love your videos !!!!!!!!!
Martin from Montreal
Hopefully you can find one in stock!!
How does this lens perform for astrophotography?? Abberations? Chromatic abberations??
Tbf, both Sony 85GM and 85 1.8 are over 6 years old at this point, which are overdue for a major update.
they need updates for sure
Until Sigma brings out a 85/90 1.4 of that size in their Contemporary line up specifically for APS-C, this lens might be a good option.
Fights against the Samyang 75 1.8 for me. Unfortunately very difficult to find in Europe. I'll keep an eye on it
Ali Express
It used to bug me that people didn't name the lens in the first 30 seconds, but I realized that if you did I and everyone else would immediately click off and order one without even watching the video. Gear addiction is real lol
haha - yeah. It's not my preference, but if you say the name right away people click off in a few seconds and that tells the algorithm to kill the video. It will end up getting no views. This particular video is the longest I waited to say the name ever on my channel - and it's my most watched video.
Great! Another lens on my purchase list. Hey Mark, can I come crash in your studio when I get kicked out for buying too much Camera gear? LOL! Another great video bud!
of course!! Bring your cameras
4th☝🏻🤓 Got a Zv-E10 a week ago thanks to your channel. Really enjoying it so far.
Great to hear!!
How can we know if the YN lens we buy is version 6 ? Thanks
Although many would have guessed, it took 3 minutes to say exactly what lens the video is about! Perhaps it's intentional, like a tease. But - as in that old-fashioned journalistic lesson, get the key facts in the first paragraph! Despite that, still useful and entertaining, so thanks. 💜
That's on purpose. Hopefully, you'll click on an affiliate link to find out and then buy it through there.
I came to the comments looking for exactly this.
You are here for the presentation…. Don’t forget that
Thank you for the great find. This is on my wishlist for future purchases. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving (American 🤣)
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis Oh right. For a second, I forgot you were Canadian. Lul
I bought this lens because this video. Your convincing power is sure legit! 😄
It’s a great lens for the price. Let me know how you like it!!
Great review, thank you.
Quick question, as a third party lens how does it do in terms of being able to maximize and express all of Sony's smart features like autofocusing, continuous tracking and so on?
I wonder why your affiliate link leads to a lens with a slight different body design
are they optically equal?
Mark, love this video once again. I appreciate all the content you put out. Btw, on a totally unrelated lens, what do you think is a good alternative to eh 16-55 f2.8 sony aps-c lens? Thanks in advance
The sigma 18-50 is an excellent alternative. the Tamron 17-70 is also great if you need more reach. but it’s a bigger lens
his is great ! Thanks for the review! Perhaps you sold me this 85 mm lens! I'll buy it!
I use Yongnuo 16 mm f1.8 - I’m very pleased! it costs less than a lens from Sigma, and the quality is excellent! at the same time smaller and lighter! The last ten videos on my channel were shot on Yongnuo
I'll have to check it out!!
Should I get this yongou or the sony one, my place the price almost the same
If it's the same price - might as well go with the first party lens - the sony
@ thank you for response
At this point, I'm just buying what Mark tells me to buy, basically. ❤
Nice review. Was looking for a tele for my a6400 and my first choice was the Viltrox 75 1.2. I hope you can compare this with the Viltrox 85 Mk II
The viltrox is vastly superior in every regard.
this is much faster in focusing than the viltrox 85mm
I can't find this lens anywhere right now, only the 1st version with the red ring.
it is out of stock.
100mm /105 mm is the best for portraits and my favorite focal length. I really wish there was more e mount options in that range. Besides the sigma 105 f1.4. There not much else
I have finally bought a little dougie!! Thank you mate 😊👊🏼
congrats!,
Tom Colton on here on youtube did an extensive comparison of the various brands of 85 1.8 on the Sony E mount, the short story is, the competition for best 85 1.8 were between Sony, Viltrox, Tokina, and Yongnuo at the bottom because of the af issues. I decided to get the Tokina because it autofocus on par with Sony an no autofocus issues at all, was actually a tad sharper than Sony, and at 350 USD, it was a bargain.
there have been a lot of updates to the Yongnuo so it's autofocus works great now - I haven't tested the Tokina - I should get one in!!
indeed a steal . . many Thanks Master to your honest review
Would you use this lens to shoot this video?
That would have been the 24mm GM
@MarkBennettCameraCrisis I am looking to get budget lens for my zv e10 to make my videos look better
How does it compare to the Fuji 90mm f2
Its more affordable than the Viltroxx 75mm 1.2 and you highly recommend it for portraits.
Do we have a new king or is the Yongnuo just the prince we didnt know about? 👀
For apsc I would still choose the viltrox. you get that 1.2 and that can’t be beat
How is the AF in low light? 3rd party lenses tend to have more issues vs native in this case and all reviewers do the test in well light conditions.
This is a good point - I will do a yeah to head of budget 85 and include lowlight focusing
When you started the video I thought you might be talking about my favorite high value 85mm f1.8, the LUMIX. I’m curious how this compares. I use the less common L mount system so the lens you’re fearing isn’t an option for me (sigma fp L camera)
that Lumix 85 is a good lens
It looks like Sony SEL 50mm f1.8 oss lens for APSC series. Just bigger. The result seems similar though :P
it does look like that!!
Great review Mark, thank you very much for sharing! I just subscribe to your channel and I’m checking your affiliate links. Cheers.
Thanks - welcome aboard!!
I'll buy it immediately.😍
Thx for the review Mark. Need your honest opinion, price aside, which is better, this or the viltrox 75mm f1.2?
For APS-C I would choose the viltrox - can't beat that 1.2!!
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis thx for the clarity man, after confusing/poisoning me once again with another lens hahaha. Add to cart viltrox then!
I can't remember, if you had the Viltrox 85mm 1.8 in one of your videos, but which one would you rather pick: Viltrox or Yongnuo?
Because of Black Friday I'm eyeing the S5II and wish there were these cheap and great lens options :D
I actually haven’t reviewed that Viltrox, but they make great lenses and that 85 has been reviewed well. Go with whichever one you can find cheaper!!
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis thanks for the quick respond man! Now I have to go to make you stupidly rich 😁
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisisI think he’s thinking about the apsc review you did, about your new favorite lens for photo🎉
Perhaps I need to check this out, could make a really great macro on my APSC Sony a6600, the sharpest lens I have ever seen is my Sigma 56mm man that's so sharp.
the 56 is so great and so sharp
What about their 50mm full frame lens for Sony?
@6:25 the lens hood helps from incoming lights from the side .you are pointing the lens at the light .the hood would do nothing here
I was moving the lens back and forth to show it coming in from the side.
@MarkBennettCameraCrisis in the footage you showed .we can see the light .as long you see the light in the footage the hood does nothing
I'll be sure to show the full swing in the video next time. Get ready to be sea sick 😂
I bought the 85mm YN, the first gen. It was awesome! But when I put it on my A9iii, it having some issues like couldn’t use continuous shot, it stuck, in video mode too.. but after upgrading to their newest firmware, IT WORKS SO GREAT! I used it for indoor sports arena at 1.8, and I think this was my favorite lens, beautiful bokeh, smooth autofocus(also fast). 🥹🥹 and it’s cheap. Hahaha
How can you say that it has the highest rating at Dxo?
I said it's in their top 5 and it has the Highest ranking for sharpness ever. Rated number one for sharpness. Thought it was very clear.
Can you please make a video on a comparison between Sony 11 mm and sigma 16mm with A6700. Basically while vlogging how will the active stab crops both of them and is it usable. Thank you in advance.
Wow already says unavailable. I assume it’s already sold out. Hopefully it come back soon. I want one for sure.
yongnuo says there will be more in 2 weeks.
yongnuo 85 or 7artisan 85??? which one you think is better?
yongnuo 85mm, faster auto focus
Youngnu f1.8 oi r f1.8s? Please clarify this so that I can avoid confusion.
The Yongnuo 85mm is AUD$450; got a Sony 85mm for $320 here on Australia.
Well I think you made the right choice in stat circumstance!!
Have you tried their 16mm? Great vid mark!
Not yet!
I HAVE heard of them! B&H Photo in NYC sells their lenses
How does it compare with viltrox 85 1.8 mk ii?
my daily driver lens for RF version! so underrated lens!
OH! you got the RF - still works after all the updates?
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis For sure! this lens my very daily driver portrait lens! the color so pleasing and sharp. tomorrow i will use it for event!
Hey mark! i love your videos and i got a ZV-E10 because of you, super happy with it, but i recently have been getting into street photography and i want something better than the kit lens.
Im a college student so im on a really tight budget (preferably under 200£) im hoping to get something on black friday, what do you recommend? thanks a million in advance!
for street photography, you can get the Sigma 30mm 1.4 amzn.to/47sz9mW or the Sony 50mm 1.8 amzn.to/47rmxMC
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis thanks! will both of these work on the zve10?
yes. even though the 50 is a full frame - it will act p as a 50 apsc lens on your zv-e10. the sigma 30 is a regular apsc lens
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis thank you :)
I admire DXOMark, but unfortunately they stopped testing lenses around 5 years ago.
Yeah. It’s definitely worth a video when they tested it so we’ll - but it’s no longer a reliable source
Is this lens available for Sony and Nikon only?
yes
Hey Mark! Just started watching your stuff! Tell me where ya from in Canada? (province). Luv to meet up someday and talk with a Canadian creator like me.
If this is the look you want it's a good price point. I find it has a clinical look if you don't know what that is I will tell you. Contrastly over sharp and flat. Some of that can be fixed in post. I prefer a more vintage 3D pop. Just food for thought.
thanks for the perspective - always great to know peoples' thoughts - helps with the next vids about the lens
HI...What about video? Eye AF during video? greets and thanks for this man!
The eye af works yes, but it s not a usual focal length for video
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis So many cine lenses go up to 150 and above?! A complete set of Arri Master primes would be great, but one problem: I don't want to sell my organs 🙂. Right now I got the Firin 20, the inexpensive Sony 50 1,8 and want to slowly build up prime lenses, that also work well with the a7s3 when I'm doing video work. I'm a ''hybrid one man show''- shooter, so all lenses need to work in both applications. Mainly doing fotos, and with my trusted D850, but for video or when I just want a small bag I take the Sony - sometimes with Ronin RS3 and Sennheiser MKE600 or for interviews and such Sennheiser wireless with tascam 4 channel DR70...
This seems like a very good choice for the 85 range. Thanks again
Hhello Mark very very intresting your review on the lens. I am in Canada would appreciate to get info. on where to buy it Thanks
Is there a lens like that with OSS or equivalent?
ASs far as I know - there are nob 85mm lenses for Sony with OSS
@MarkBennettCameraCrisis bought their 50, it's serving me well. Cheap and cheerful used lens for a beginner
It has 'good chromatic aberration'?
This channel is criminally underrated
right?? 🤣
Can I use this lens on my canon r50
I live in Germany and it looks like its hard to find exactly this model. I only find the one with the red strip and one without it, but still with YNlens print on it. Is it very new?
Yes, looks like the metal one is sold out everywhere. The one with the red ring is the same lens, but isn’t in a metal body. but it will perform the same optically.
Need help!!!! I have a canon EOS M50 and this lens doesn’t fit on my current adapter mount what mount works for this lens? Yes I don’t know much about cameras
You probably bought the e mount version that fits on Sony. You won’t be able to use this lens on the canon m50.
Wonder if there's different versions of this lens...i see some for sale but on the side says YNlens....has a different logo
That’s the version (The YN) without the metal build. Optically it should perform the same
I am new to photography and I have the Viltrox 75mm. Would you add the 85 mm lens to my kit
No 😀
There are 2 versions for Canon yn85mm-f1-8r-df-dsm-ii and 85F1.8R DF DSM anyone knowing the difference. mark II is more expensive .As far as I see lens coating different? mark1 has greenish glare?
mark 2 has faster auto focus response and weather sealing.
Amazon are knocking out the 85 F1.8G for £345 at the moment which is decent. This one is actually more expensive in the UK than the Sony, some serious price revision required here.
That is a really good price. I should mention it in my Black Friday vid
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis yes this is UK, cheaper than the lens you review here, which is quite pricey in the U.K. compared to US/ Canada. Strange what happens with lens pricing. Viltrox and Sigma are not bad here in the U.K. compared to international prices, but, this brand and say, Tamron are expensive. Sony are normally a right rip off here in the U.K. but do sometimes have good deals on.
@@wakeywarrior AliExpress in the UK has some great prices on these lenses and other Yongnuo lenses