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My next prime portrait lens should be ... ?

Started 7 months ago | Questions thread
OP atolk Regular Member • Posts: 120
Samyang 85mm F1.4 MF on the shelf

Funny enough, I found a twice used Samyang 85mm F1.4 MF on the shelf. It has a Sony mount. I need to sell it or get an E-to-EF adapter (do those even exist? seems most people would be doing the opposite) and then pop it on top of the the EF-R adapter, oh boy.

When I shot with it, I found focus problematic, but not impossible, and the look pleasing, but not overwhelming. I need to dig up the shots and think about where to go with this lens.

Did someone write that the optics in the MF version are inferior, and basically not to bother with it? I got this lens for free years ago with reward points. Back then I was of the mind that the more cheap gear you own, the more fun you are going to have. That was when people were chasing the half-broken old Soviet lenses for the "different" look for their Flickr stream. I have those on the shelf as well, most used once or never.

I don't think this lens is the answer to my thread. Just throwing it in for entertainment value.

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