| sent on January 06, 2019
Pros: Construction all metal, F 1.2, sufficient sharpness to TA, resistance to AC Best of the Canon 85 1.2 L II, e-mount version made with criterion, very competitive price of about €500
Cons: Construction demanding, lens-free AF, no chip for EXIF, excessively brittle aperture, hood to be purchased apart and indispensable
Opinion: Prestige Lens, with a truly egregious construction. It is completely made of metal, with a long and precise focusing ring, and a Leica style aperture ring placed in front of it. The focus is very smooth and "smooth", while the aperture ring is very brittle and declickata (although it is not as clear as this is possible and I have doubts in the length of time of such a mechanism). Despite the Chinese origin is a great lens in terms of image quality, with AC contained (in reference to the aperture of F 1.2), and a very good sharpness already to TA, which clearly increases exponentially up to f 5.6. Compared to the Canon 85 1.2 L II It is more contraended, with a very pleasant bokeh, and a general rendering in line with the counterpart. The substantial difference between these two lenses is the autofocus (in addition to the price clearly), which is a significant deficiency especially in dynamic contexts, in which the Mitakon is completely unusable. On reflex is very complex to use even in static contexts, and save a great knowledge and experience in manual focus, take home quality shots will require considerable effort and many shots lost. Different discourse on mirrorless, in which the focus aid allows a much more carefree and serene use, without excessive peripezie. Note how the extension to be adapted to Sony-E is of good quality, with an additional knurling to facilitate the grip. Very different from the various laowa\\sigma that instead simply put a cylinder, in the first case of really low quality (I do not recommend in fact the FE attack Laowa, it is better to buy the Canon and adapt them also for the presence of the chip with the EXIF). Very elegant packaging, luxury considering the leather casket in which we will be delivered the lens, with various certificates that attest to the pre-sale controls. Bad choice not to understand a lens hood, and indeed to sell it apart from an unconsidered amount. I recommend a simple aftermarket quality lens hood, in metal and with inner velvet. In essence it is a character lens, with a Leica-style construction (better than the Zeiss in terms of scratch resistance), which will give great satisfactions to all portraicists with a contained expense. Obviously in case of a use on SLR you need to consider having to work on tripod in LV. Do not make the mistake of buying it to use on simple viewfinder, because in my opinion the experience will be frustrating. |
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