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The Mitakon Creator 85mm f/2.8 1-5X Super Macro is a macro lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2019. The focus is done by Manual Focus, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 450 €;
1 users have given it an average vote of 6.0 out of 10.
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This lens is available with the following mounts:
Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.
Canon EOS M: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Canon EOS M.
Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Nikon.
Sony E: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Sony.
Sony A-mount: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Sony A-mount.
Fujifilm X-mount: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Fuji.
Micro 4/3: this lens is compatible with mirrorless micro-4/3.
Pentax: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Pentax.
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Pros:Robust, wide magnification fan, distance from the remarkable subject, pleasant blurry.
Cons:A little excessive weight (about 750g), perceptible diffraction at focal ratios greater than f5.6, almost non-existent contrasts, peripheral lights that break down the image.
Opinion:Purchased for Canon, EF attack. The revised version certainly eliminated a number of issues related to the first batch that was put on the market. It is a very robust lens, with fluid zoom and without games, even if it has a little resistance to rotation, but it is deliberately made like this. Being able to work at really remarkable distances is wonderful, especially for subjects who do not collaborate much when trying to push a little with magnification. Personally, I use it freehand because of the subjects I usually shoot and I must admit that the only difficulty encountered lies in long supporting the machine body, which led me to the use of a monopiede so as not to tire the hand too much. Speaking of defects, well, there are: at f4 from the best of itself, but the diffraction is quite oppressive in this perspective, perceptible slightly already at f5.6 and really unbearable to f8. The depth of field is really derisory even at 1:1 magnification ratios and, not being able to close the diaphragm to increase it for the reasons described above, it becomes a lens that, for the money spent, is not worth much. In addition, according to the background, it would seem that the peripheral light defines the dominant coloring also on the filmed subject, distorting its original coloring. To be clear, I got much nicer and cleaner shots using extension tubes, additional lenses, and inverted optics. If a lens born to be macro can not offer better, I do not feel the reason to use it, nor, much less, to recommend it.
Pros:Operating distance, robustness, playback ratio, image quality, collar with ark attachment, circular LED illuminator supplied.
Cons:Canon EF bayonet graft difficult.
Opinion:I bought this lens to explore the world of high-reproduction macrophotography and I think it's a great compromise at an affordable price. I start in the description from the only substantial defect That I found that concerns the grafting of the bayonet a little difficult. Initially I had thought of making the return but then I preferred to solve the problem by leaving a extension ring of a few millimeters on the lens that marginally affects the range of playback ratios that can be used; in this regard I would point out that I contacted another user who has the optics with the same bayonet and who has not encountered my problem. Turning to practical use it should be specified that it is an extremely specialized optics that gives its best only when used on tripods in combination with a micrometric sled to make stacking. The main strength of this lens is the large operational distance that allows you to maintain between the front lens and the subject. Working at the slightest magnification (1x) you have a truly remarkable distance: almost 30cm from the subject! Even working at maximum magnification, however, a very respectable distance remains: in fact, you have 7cm considering also that you have mounted the ring LED illuminator supplied. From a constructive point of view, the optics are entirely made of metal and are solid and robust; the rings are fluid and the collar with arches attachment included optimally completes the equipment. From the point of view of image quality, I cannot complain and I believe that it should be used at full aperture or little closed because we quickly encounter diffraction problems that are a physical limit and not a defect in optics. The maximum aperture F/2.8 is actually only a nominal value: in fact, by measuring the light with the reflex exposure meter and comparing the measurement with other optics (always f/2.8), it can be seen that the shutter times become equivalent to those when setting the aperture to F/16 on the sample lens. More proof that the maximum aperture of F/2.8 is actually only a nominal value there is that in the shots you can immediately notice any grains of dirt present on the sensor that would not normally be seen in shots made really at F/2.8 It should be noted that this objective, launched on the market at the end of 2019, was immediately withdrawn due to design problems that negatively affected the image quality. The project was revised and was soon put on the market in the final version. The most obvious difference between the two versions is the diameter of the front lens that has been significantly reduced: the photo on the card still shows a specimen of the first version.
Photos taken with Mitakon Creator 85mm f/2.8 1-5X Super Macro
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