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Thanks very much. That one's actually had extra blur added in PPFirst one is an absolute beauty. I should take a lesson two from you
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Thanks. TP’s always destroys the IQ on my picsLooked at those and thought Hmmm, look a little soft to me.
Then had a look on Flickr ... difference is like night and day, especially the JPS shot. Great panning and great photos.
It'd be interesting to know if this costs Sony money or makes them money and either way how much.
Has any got or had both the Sony 85mm F1.8 and the 85 F1.4?
If so do you have an photos taken in similar conditions that I could use to compare or give me your opinions. I like the 85mm but haven't used it much, I took my parents out yesterday and did some photos of them by the beach in mid afternoon sun and I was pretty disappointed by the chromatic aberration at times. I know that can be an issue with some fast primes but I would consider changing to the F1.4 if there is much of an improvement.
Have owned both and currently own samyang 85mm F1.4.Has any got or had both the Sony 85mm F1.8 and the 85 F1.4?
If so do you have an photos taken in similar conditions that I could use to compare or give me your opinions. I like the 85mm but haven't used it much, I took my parents out yesterday and did some photos of them by the beach in mid afternoon sun and I was pretty disappointed by the chromatic aberration at times. I know that can be an issue with some fast primes but I would consider changing to the F1.4 if there is much of an improvement.
Have owned both and currently own samyang 85mm F1.4.
Samyang is the sharpest one of the lot, bokeh/rendering is better than FE85/1.8 but not as good as GM. AF is worst of the bunch but fairly usable as long it's not your dog running at you. But AF is quieter than 85GM.
The 85GM has the best rendering of the bunch and sharper than FE85/1.8. AF is a little slow and noisey but very accurate.
FE85/1.8 had the best AF of the bunch and size going for it.
Other options I haven't used:
Sigma 85mm ART - seems to the sharpest 85mm around and rendering almost as good as 85GM. But its huge.
Samyang 75mm f1.8 - weakest of the bunch but looks of it but also smallest.
Personally I have liked both 85GM and samyang 85mm f1.4. this is my main people/portrait/family/fancy shoot lens. I am hoping for a native sigma ART 85mm F1.2.
I have both lenses and have had a couple of copies of each. I first bought the f/1.8 but upgraded to the G.M after also being a little disappointed in the C.A. The G.M lens is a lot better in this regard. It also has much nicer bokeh as you would expect. The G.M bokeh is very creamy.
However I did miss the lighter weight and the fast a.f speed of the f/1.8 so I ended up getting another one later on. I now use them for different things. The G.M has beautiful bokeh and is well controlled but it is slower to focus and is much bigger / heavier. The 85 f/1.8 is great for fast moving subjects but it does have ugly bokeh and C.A.
It's too huge for a f1.4 lens and unbalanced because of the hollow adapter.If the 1.4 art is huge why would you want a 1.2, it'll obvs be bigger?
Has any got or had both the Sony 85mm F1.8 and the 85 F1.4?
If so do you have an photos taken in similar conditions that I could use to compare or give me your opinions. I like the 85mm but haven't used it much, I took my parents out yesterday and did some photos of them by the beach in mid afternoon sun and I was pretty disappointed by the chromatic aberration at times. I know that can be an issue with some fast primes but I would consider changing to the F1.4 if there is much of an improvement.
Has any got or had both the Sony 85mm F1.8 and the 85 F1.4?
If so do you have an photos taken in similar conditions that I could use to compare or give me your opinions. I like the 85mm but haven't used it much, I took my parents out yesterday and did some photos of them by the beach in mid afternoon sun and I was pretty disappointed by the chromatic aberration at times. I know that can be an issue with some fast primes but I would consider changing to the F1.4 if there is much of an improvement.
It's too huge for a f1.4 lens and unbalanced because of the hollow adapter.
A F1.2 lens like RF version I'd put up with because of the f1.2 and better balance. I know you'll tell me you have no problems with using it on an adapter but I barely liked sigma 35ART so I mostly likely will not like this.
It's too huge for a f1.4 lens and unbalanced because of the hollow adapter.
A F1.2 lens like RF version I'd put up with because of the f1.2 and better balance. I know you'll tell me you have no problems with using it on an adapter but I barely liked sigma 35ART so I mostly likely will not like this.
What makes you think they'd design it like the RF when the 35 1.2 is basically the same as the 1.4 but beefed up?
Thanks that is pretty much what I'm finding "ugly bokeh and C.A." but like you I got it as it was small/light and I'm still thinking that. I used to use the Fuji 56mm 1.2 I for same reason but found that much better for CA than this Sony at similar size, I think the bokeh and CA (especially the CA) is going to annoy me though which may put me off using it
Eh? It's completely different design to the f1.4 art. I am not sure what you mean.
If it's ends up being larger than RF I probably won't like it much but one can hope
Yes, even the Canon too at the same time.
The 1.8 is a very nice lens for the money. It has size and speed to it's advantage and half a stop obviously. But IQ wise I thought it was excellent.
Rubbish AF though.
Have considered it many times though.
Rubbish AF though.
Have considered it many times though.
It'd be interesting to know if this costs Sony money or makes them money and either way how much.
The Mrs after her first haircut in over 4 months
Viltrox 85mm 1.8 and A7Riii
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I'm on the dark side, the Fuji divorce has been finalised.......
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Need to track children with it. Don't think it'll do particularly well at that.By modern standard it's not the best, actually by the standard when it came out it was slow, but it is part of what it is. I used it for a decade, it's really not that big a problem., and this is on AF such as the 5D2 !
RF 85/1.2 seems to do it all at least in my books. Also costs a lot.Horses for courses. If you want dreamy portraits get the older 1.2. If you want clinical sharpness it's sigma. The f1. 8 is the speed king and the gm in my opinion is the best all rounder. Its beautiful. The samyang, well I've had 3 copies and won't go there again.
RF 85/1.2 seems to do it all at least in my books. Also costs a lot.
Not sure why you dislike the samyang version. It's very decent. Rendering wise sharper than nicer than FE85/1.8. AF is it's weak point but still very usable.
On v4 the AF seems ok. I haven't used it in previous versions. Build is no better or worst than other samyang lenses. They are all built the same.Yes I would have said the rf blows the rest out of the water, but that would have resulted in tears.
I wanted to like the samyang and got one as soon as it released. One copy I had couldn't foucs properly. Other than that I was very displeased with the quality of the bokeh. Lastly it just felt too cheap in the hands. That does help keeping it light weight, but to me it just feels like something that needs to be babied to last and doesn't fill me with confidence.
On v4 the AF seems ok. I haven't used it in previous versions. Build is no better or worst than other samyang lenses. They are all built the same.
I am really hoping sigma will make a 85mm f1.2 about the same size and quality as RF one. Not because I don't want to buy canon (yes there is a little of that since swapping is expensive) but that RF lens is expensive and sigma will cost nearly half that if 35mm/1.2 is anything to go by. And even if I swap sigma might make a RF version which will be cheaper.
I really liked the Viltrox 85 f1.8 rendering, and it works well here. Is that the original (heavy) leans or the lighter MkII version? Also does the AF work OK - my copy was very patchy & stopped altogether after an hour or so.
It's the mk1, the af seems pretty good to me so far.
I mentioned a while back here that I had been to a few events attended by the press and quite a lot of them were using Sony Equipment.
I was also at Stormont (our version of Westminster) a few days ago for an event and there was quite a lot of press there and in a sea of Sony cameras I only seen one Cannon user. There was a lot of what looked like A9’s and A9II’s. I guess the silent shooting is a big thing for the press.
I know what Stormont is and its the only one I missing photo of now, I have the other 3
dpreview comment section is good popcorn read. someone on a crusade to prove his R6 is many times better.
Not sure that anyone could realistically argue that the R6 is better then the A9II or even the A9, strange one, but for seem reason the fanboys arses are really hurting because of the A.P announcement.
A9 series is still the only option if you want silent shooting without banding and rolling shutter.
“This is the biggest investment in cameras we have ever made,” he explains. “It's a really clear statement of intent about where AP sees the future of visual storytelling, both in terms of photography and video. That photojournalism and that video goes to every single platform imaginable in terms of the type of platform. So I'm really thrilled and excited that we got to this point with Sony and this will give us lots of opportunity ahead to explore new ways of storytelling and really expand what we do today.” AP Deputy Managing Editor Derl McCrudden
So they did pay for them after all..
of course there are conspiracy theorists on there claiming Sony paid AP or rather gave them free kits.
One could argue why R6 in certain scenarios can be better but like you say A9 is the THE only viable option for professional silent shooting (which seem's to be one of AP's major points for buying A9). Seems to be a hard concept for people to understand.