I have Canon FD 85mmF1.8 and Minolta Rokkor 85mmF1.7 MC, both are sharp wide open and have good bokeh.I think the Rokkor has a smoother bokeh, like his cousin, the Rokkor 58mmF1.2 that I think you have tested in another post.
I tested the Canon FD 85mm 1.8 against the Nikkor 105 2.5, which has a great reputation, and the FD is a bit sharper with bokeh equal or better. Both are great and I use both. I also compared that FD to the Olympus Pen 70mm f2, a very expensive lens. The 70mm is small, which is an attractive aspect, but the 85mm FD is distinctly sharper and with better bokeh.
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Choosing a good 85mm portrait lens is very important for a large number of photographers. I pay a lot of attention to this issue, therefore I have prepared this list of all such autofocus lenses for full frame cameras with F
As you can see from the list on top I have used many portrait lenses. And this list does not even contain the ones I was using on Nikon cameras (including AF-S 85mm 1.4G and AF-S 200mm 2.0G VRI). But of all these the Sony FE 85mm 1.4 GM really stands out to me as it has an outstanding optical design. The spherical aberration is oh so slightly undercorrected which leads to an amazingly smooth bokeh rendering which you rarely see in modern lenses. But unlike many older lenses it is still more than sharp enough already wide open.
Super-Takumar 85mm f1.9 (m42)Nikkor 85mm f1.8Nippon kogaku nikkor-p auto 105mm f2.5Minolta mc Rokkor 100mm f3.5 macroCanon fdn 135mm f2MC Carl Zeiss jena Sonnar 135mm f3.5 (m42)
what about the Canon FD 85mm 1.8?Its not the same bargain as the FD 135mm 2.8, but for people on a budget looking for a 85 its in my opinion a more available and reliable option compared to the Jupiter9
I know you guys have low bars for Samyang lenses, but Samyang just announced AF 85mm F1.4 FE. By comparing MTF charts they published(I highly suspect it is just software calcualtions), its resolution is somewhere between 50mm F1.4 FE and 135mm F2, of course. I think the problem is FE 85mm F1.8 is a really excellent for budget lens.
However, it is the most refined of all classic Sonnars (those with 7 elements in 3 groups that follow a formula with only 3 air/glass transitions, and having been perfected for the smoothest rendering of almost all 85mm, and 8 blades for very smooth creamy bokeh, is underappreciated by most). It follows the same principle as the Sonnar f1.5 in Contax RF mount.
I has my heart set on the Samyang 85mm f1.4, having seen the results of another f1.4 Canon lens during a recent portrait photoshoot I attended. HOWEVER, having read user reviews on Amazon, I have since ruled it out completely.
That is a very interesting question indeed!The Summarits were never of interest to me, 90mm 2.0 pre Asph and Loxia 85mm 2.4 I have both used extensively though.The 90mm 2.0 surely has more blur thanks to faster max. aperture and slightly longer focal length,the Loxia 85mm 2.4 is slightly smoother with more challenging backgrounds.The reasons I switched out my copy of the 90mm 2.0 for a Loxia 85mm 2.4 are that the Leica had a pretty strong color cast at maximum aperture which made editing a bit more bothersome and that the Loxia is significantly better at closer distances.
Thank you aSevenArr - I too have been mainlining YouTube reviews of different 85mm lenses, and also tutorials of how to use 85mms generally for different purposes. It is a very versatile focal length!
I would absolutely save up and buy the FE 85mm F1.8. I have used the Canon FD, and it is great for the money, but 85mm is something you are going to use regularly the rest of your life, and having all of the autofocus features (especially things like eye-af) is going to pay huge dividends going into the future. It is seriously difficult to nail focus on the eye with the Canon FD lens, if your subject is moving at all, forget about it.
This is a complete set of 1970s Canon FD primes rehoused by TLS. By now the secret is out that Canon FD lenses are a perfect fit for cinematography, especially Full Frame cinematography. The 24mm f1.4, 55mm f1.2, and 85mm f1.2 aspherical lenses are siblings of the legendary K35s. So whether you are lookingfor a more affordable option to K35s, or you need additional focal lengths to compliment our K35s, these are a perfect choice. The housings are exactly the same as the housings for our K35s, so they will integrate seamlessly.TLSis now replacing the original 8-blade irises with new 16-blade irises. So not only does your bokeh stay circular when stopped down, they also make the set more consistent from lens to lens. In the original FDs the 8-blade iris gives your bokeh a stop-sign shape to pin-point highlights.Most of the set consists of the oldest, and much sought after SSC versions of each lens. The lenses were hand-picked by us for optical quality but also to insure the set matches from lens to lens. There are MANY versions of the 28mm, 35mm and 50mm/55mm for example. We have the knowledge to know not only which lenses produce the most beautiful look, but also which lenses make the most sense for acomplete set.The 18mm T1.5 and 35mm T1.6 in our set are part of our new FD-X lenses (the X meaning eXtended), which are additional focal lengths we havedeveloped with TLS to fill in some of the gaps in the original FD lineup. Since only the 24mm, 55mm, and 85mm were available in high-speed aspherical versions, we wanted to fill out these amazing lenses with focal lengths that match their look and performance. The 18mm is our ownoptical recipe, and you will not find this lens anywhere else in the world. The lens consists of genuine 1970s Canon FD elements, with some additional optics toused to create a high speed, aspherical, vintage lens, that covers Full Frame sensors, even RED Monstro. The 35mm is a Minolta lens from the 1980s. It's also a Japanese-made, aspherical lens, with performance, bokeh, and flare character very similar to the 24mm, 55mm, and 85mm FDs.We offer these lens as an option to the slower Canon FD 20mm T2.9 and 35mm T2.2. For the purist, the original Canon FDs might be better. But if you need a faster lens that better matches the other high speed lenses in the set, the FD-X lenses are a great option. With these two FD-X primes, you have a complete set of vintage, high-speed, full frame lenses, in a very complete set: 18mm, 24mm, 35mm, 55mm, 85mm.We also have a Canon FD 300mm f2.8, converted to PL mount by Century Precision Optics. Century also replaced the original 9-blade iris for an18-blade iris, for perfectly round bokeh at any stop. All the lenses have Full Frame coverage.
I recently bought a used Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L Lens and did not realize it would not fit on my canon 60D. Is there some sort of adapter that I can purchase to make this lense compatible with my camera?
Thank you for the link. I spend $800 with shipping for the lense. I don't want to go to far over that price. It does NOT have to be the 85mm and f/1.2 - I want a lense that lets lots of light in for better indoor shots and a nice bokeh and this lense was recommended to me for that purpose. I'm up for suggestions.
With its pleasing perspective, the 85mm has long been considered an ideal focal length for portraiture where depth of field plays an important role. Thus stress was placed on enhancing this lens' full aperture capabilities. As a result, coma is held to a minimum and astigmatism is rigidly corrected giving the image a pleasing soft-focus effect around the edges at large apertures. Sharpness increases at smaller apertures to produce overall crisp results. Another attractive feature of this lens is that it promises high quality images even at its closest focusing distance of 0.85 meter.
The outstanding reputation of the FD 85mm f1.8 S.S.C. lens will be even further enhanced by its New FD Series replacement which is even smaller and lighter while maintaining the identical optical system as its predecessor. Quite a few photographers use this lens as their normal lens, because of its high speed, close focusing and very natural perspective (the same as the human eye). It is ideal for news, general photography and portraiture. In size, it is hardly larger than the standard FD 50mm f1.4. Minimum shooting distance and aperture have been reduced for greater operational flexibility.
Prized for portraiture, the EF 85mm f/1.8 USM from Canon is a short-telephoto prime characterized by its slightly compressed perspective for achieving flattering results. Its bright f/1.8 maximum aperture also enables isolating subjects and working with shallow depth of field techniques, and further benefits working in low-light conditions. Helping to achieve high color fidelity and contrast, a Super Spectra coating has been applied to individual elements and serves to minimize reflections, lens flare and ghosting. Additionally, a ring-type USM is employed to deliver quick and quiet autofocus performance along with full-time manual focus control. 2ff7e9595c
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