Meike 85mm F1.8 Full Frame AF STM(A Stepping Motor) Lens Large Aperture Auto Focus Medium Telephoto Fixed Prime Portrait Lens for Sony E Mount Mirrorless Cameras A9 A7III A7II A7 A7R3 A7R4

5 reviews for Meike 85mm F1.8 Full Frame AF STM(A Stepping Motor) Lens Large Aperture Auto Focus Medium Telephoto Fixed Prime Portrait Lens for Sony E Mount Mirrorless Cameras A9 A7III A7II A7 A7R3 A7R4

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – April 5, 2024 Christop Bogan

   Good budget prime lens, Sony asked for $600, other company ask for $400, Meike asked for $200, I’ll attaching some of sample photos, it shot on F3.2On the Video sections, this lens acting just like the Sonys lens, of cause it is a little bit slower compare with $600 lens, but for general using purpose, it all fit with my needs.it’s highly recommend for the budget prime lens, especially if you are the newbie, don’t want to spend too much money, this lens will be the good pick

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – May 6, 2024 Dr. Crawford Weissnat

   This lens blew me away when it came to the quality and the price! Ended up buying 2 of them. It’s a must when shooting portraits

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – May 17, 2024 Colleen Witting

   After having watched several review videos of this lens, I bought it primarily for photographing live musicians, candid street shots, and close-up landscape shots. I found that the reviews were unanimously true in saying that this lens is plasticky in build but nevertheless substantial; sharp in the center wide-open but not sharp across the frame until f/8, and with a vignetting that is correspondingly rectified; that there is chromatic aberration where it might be expected; that the “bokeh” at wider apertures is really nice.What I found contrary to the reviews was the unanimous report that this lens is slow and finicky to focus. Maybe it’s the latest firmware that does it, but it focuses well and quickly. One review mentioned a wobbly focus ring; the one on my copy is fitted snugly.One thing that reviews did not mention is that – at least on my copy of this lens – when using “electronic first-curtain” shutter – shutter speeds of 1/1000 and above will show, increasing with each speed (and stopping-down of the aperture as well), a dark gradation from the top of the horizontal frame to about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way down. This is due to the aperture mechanism’s not operating fast enough in conjunction with the shutter in that case. With electronic first-curtain shutter turned “off” (with two-curtain mechanical shutter), this anomaly does not occur; neither does it when using electronic shutter.This problem was about to compel me return the lens, though I have no idea whether this is a problem with the particular one I received or with these lenses’ general manufacture, and no reviewers had caught it. It then occurred to me that, if one is after the “bokeh” in using this lens wide-open, one should be using full-mechanical shutter, anyway, since out-of-focus characteristics in the background are rendered more elegantly with it; single-curtain shutter distorts the “bokeh.” This is particularly so on Sony cameras, on which EFC shutter causes blurred details to appear distorted or broken-up. So, I decided that since I should be using full-mechanical shutter anyway in outdoors shots, and with indoor shots I’d be using EFC shutter at speeds well under 1/1000, I would realistically never have to encounter the anomaly I’ve described.Use this lens with the lens hood, which seems too long for the lens but eliminates flare from light sources off to an angle. Also: I use DxO Photo Lab 7 for RAW editing, and though it has no available profile for this lens, I use the one for the Yongnuo 85/1.8.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – October 2, 2024 Marielle Schamberger

   Awesome sauce!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – October 22, 2024 Zora Stanton

   This lens has flaws like chromatic aberration at wide apertures but goes away at f2 – f2.8. What I like with this lens is, of course, the price and also good for portraiture coz of the shallow depth of field. The bokeh is very smooth. Also, I was able to use it on low light scenes (like in a bowling center). The colors are crisp. It also fits with one my photography genre which is landscape. It’s not perfect or comparable to other high end 85 mm lenses, but for the price, it’s worth it. I find this lens fun to use. It’s always attached to my Sony A7IV most of the time.