E 85mm f1.8 Portrait Lens - MF for Sony a7 IV/a7 III/ZV-E10/a7R V/a7C II/a7R IV/a7S III/a1/a9 III/a6400/a6100/a9 II/a7 II/a6000/NEX-6/NEX-5/Alpha - Manual Focus Mirrorless Cameras Lenses(E Mount)

Great lens

It's amazing, at first, I was scared because many reviews said it wouldn't let you capture on most mirrorless cameras, after some minor research I realized that all you have to do is make sure your camera is set to manual on every aspect and also turn on "shoot without lens" it does not have autofocus since as I said before is a manual lens. I'm a beginner photographer using a canon Eos R100, got the lens today and did some research and took some pictures to see how it would work. I'm happy with it.

This is a good lens in the image. Quality is fantastic. The build will maybe it could use some work because mine was stuck and needed Force to get it to adjust at first. Now is very smooth and works good but it snapped inside when I first tried freeing it from it s stuck position when I first got it. It's easy to use if you know how to use a manual focus lens. It fits any EF Mount. The pictures are clear. I spoke with the manufacturer about this and they gave me a discount because of that problem with that lens. So it's all good.

This lens is one of the worst lenses I’ve purchased over all my years of doing photography. It does not focus properly or zoom out like how you would to. It looks great at first but when you starch it to your camera it is a whole different story. Horrible experience immediate return..

Not bad for a budget lens. DON'T expect PROFESSIONAL quality but great for hobbyist.

Generally, my initial impressions of this lens was reasonably favorable, considering the very low price. Most everything is made of metal, including the nice lens hood. One thing I immediately noticed is there is some wiggle when the lens is attached to my Canon. The lens itself is very secure, so that is not an issue. But the slot in the lens that captures the locking pin on the camera is a bit too large. This wiggle appears to have only one negative effect, which is during focusing. This lens is very sensitive on focus distance, so when you change focus the entire lens will rotate a slight amount until the focus ring starts working. With most lenses, this really would not be much of an issue, but due to the small depth of field with this lens, small focus adjustments are common. So, this slight movement before a change in focus is a little irritating. I am not sure if it causes a light leak as well. There is another slight mis-description in the Amazon listing, which seems to suggest a filter thread of 72mm. That is referring to the thread used by the hood, which fits on the outside of the lens, not the inside. The front of the lens has both internal and external threads. The external thread is 72mm and the internal filter thread diameter is 55mm. I did attach an older 55mm filter I had laying around and it allowed me to attach the larger 72mm hood over it at the same time, which is handy. I'm not sure all 55mm filters will work. If they are too large of a shoulder, it might interfere with the hood. Update: I have a second problem. The 3 screws on the back of the lens are loose (see picture), which also causes some of the jiggling of the lens as these screws hold the Canon EOS interface mount to the body of the lens. When I tighten these screws to remove the slack, it makes it almost impossible to turn the f-stop ring. If I left these screws untightened, I think they would eventually loosen completely and fall out. If I were unlucky, it might happen when I was removing the lens, and a small screw could fall into the body of the camera. I contacted Lightdow about both of these problems, including sending pictures, and the only response I got was this was something that was within normal engineering tolerances. I could live with the slot problem, but not the 3 loose screws and unusable f-stop ring. Second Update: I put the lens on a bench and loosened the screws on the mount and then gently tightened them to ensure the mount was sitting evenly on the lens. After that, I rotated the f-stop ring about 50 times. It eventually started to move more freely. After that, I finished tightening the screws and did about 50 more rotations of the f-stop ring. It can now by rotated freely. I am guessing there was some kind of edge or loose piece of plastic flashing of the f-stop ring. I note that the detents on the f-stop ring are sloppy. I still have the problem of the lens not having a tight fit on the camera which is not fixable. You can tell the lens will not be tight on the camera because the plastic rear lens cap fits loosely. On all my other Canon and Canon-compatible lenses, the rear lens cap has a close fit and is not loose. I have had additional communications with Lightdow, so they are at least responsive. It seems they have some basic QC or design issues on the mechanical side of things. Final Update: Lightdow was pretty good about responding to my issues. They offered a partial refund, which I accepted. As a result, I decided to keep the lens as I kind of liked the optics. I think with a little bit of QC and re-engineering, they could easily fix these problems. P.S. Most users probably realize this, but the 85mm focal length is with respect to a full-frame sensor. On a cropped sensor camera that uses a APS-C sensor, such as a Canon Rebel camera, this lens behaves more like a 135mm lens. To get the same field of view that you would expect with a 85mm portrait lens on a full-frame camera, you have to move farther away from the subject. This also affects depth of field (it increases depth of field, which means less Bokeh with cropped sensor camera compared to a full-frame sensor).

Works great, sharp Pics.

Muy muy buena calidad el lente 85mm f1.8

Super merci

Nach anfänglicher Skepsis, aber folgendem ausführlichen Test, muss ich sagen, dass das Objektiv wirklich sehr gut ist. Ich habe es als Warehouse-Deal für 51 Euro gekauft. Ein No-Brainer, wie man heutzutage sagt. Die Fotos sind mit Adapter an der R8 entstanden. Das manuelle Fokussieren ist problemlos möglich. Man braucht nichtmal die Lupenfunktion, per Fokuspeaking lässt sich super scharfstellen. Das hab ich bei anderen Objektiven schon anders (schlechter) erlebt. Nachteile: CAs und bei Gegenlicht bzw Blick nach oben extrem helle Flares in den Bildern, die dadurch unbrauchbar werden. Wenn man's vorher weiß kann man überlegen, ob der Einsatz zum Szenario passt. Ich bin sehr zufrieden - siehe Fotos im Anhang

El lente me llegó sin funda.

It's manual only. Great little lens at a great price.

Bra kamera , linsen är något svår att sätta på plats , annars nöjd