"hideously expenzeive" you always have the best descriptive adjectives 😄 great vid

Saw your pic's on Samyangs site and have eagerly awaited this review. :)

Good on you! You are quickly getting the reputation of being the reference point when you need the nitpicking details of a lens. Many review and say they like or not a lens, but you actually spend quite a lot of time not only testing the actual sharpness (and that is quite a time-consuming task, not only taking the pictures but analyzing it the way you do). You and I both know you can take very good pictures with most lenses, but you really need to test it to see the difference to evaluate if they are worth the money or not.

You make the best camera video reviews. Thank you!

If Chris recommends it, I'm getting it. He hasn't been wrong with any of the other lenses I've purchased after watching one of his reviews.

Brilliant as always. I'll definitely be sticking with my glorious Sony 85mm 1.8 but this is a great alternative for the price!

Love your videos. There’s nothing that thorough and professional on KZfaq apart from this channel. Keep it up!

Correction: there's also a Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Sony E-mount. Shame that it's quite a bit more expensive and quite a lot bigger than the Samyang 85mm f/1.4 for the Canon EF mount, and that it doesn't have the AF/MF switch. Compared to the Sony GM and Sigma equivalent I can't really complain about the size though.

I have a request. I would like to see how you care for your photography equipment, like cleaning and other owner-performed maintenance.

Fantastic review! I would love to see a comparison with the budget Sony 85mm f1.8.

The backgrounds are so beautifully blurred omg!

So mine just came in today and I tested it side by side my Canon 85 1.2 ii adapted via the Sigma MC-11 on my A7RIII..... Positives of the Samyang 1.4 FE vs the Canon 85 1.2 ii: 1. SUPER light. The 85 1.2 canon alone is heavier than this Samyang AND the camera it seems like. The Samyang makes the A7Riii feel more balanced. 2. Very quiet focusing, and the focus is faster than the canon. My Samyang does not jitter when focusing like I have seen in many videos. It's snaps into focus and stays there. 3. Handles flaring well. The Canon always has this big circular rainbow flare when light is coming into the lens. The samyang didn't show any of that. 4. This is obviously sharper than the canon, not by a ton though. 5. Chromatic aberration much more controlled than the Canon. A little purple but not bad. Easily removed in Lightroom. The Canon has tons of purple fringing at 1.2, especially when back lit or in sunlight. I have had to dump some of my shots from the canon on professional shoots due to this. 6. The Samyang has more contrast. 7. The Samyang focuses better in low light. Finds things where the canon doesn't. Negatives vs the Canon: 1. This is a BIG one for me. The Canon 1.2 Fstop vs 1.4 makes a big difference. The bokeh is more creamier, everything out of focus more, depth of field smaller by a good margin with the 1.2. 2. The Canon renders color better. The Samyang has a strong yellow color cast. Had to do a fair amount of adjusting in Lightroom to get them to look similar. 3. The Samyang has no AF/MF switch. So if I want to manually focus I have to do it via the function menu. With the Canon you can just quickly flip the switch and get focus assist. So in summary, the Samyang has many more positives, but the two positives the Canon has are BIG ones for me. The reason I shoot so much with the Canon is for that insane bokeh rendering. When I am able to take my time, it's gold, as long as there's not to much crazy flare. The only way I'm going to get that 1.2 look with auto-focus right now though is with the Canon. No one else has it. Tis a shame. So it's a hard choice for me....the Samyang is a GREAT deal for the price and what you get...but do I keep the samyang or send it back and grab and grab a 70-200 2.8 GM, keep using the 85 1.2 on my 5D....hmmm....

1:35 I am amazed by this picture,the colors and the composition is so beautiful and pleasant to me )

OMG!! YES! finally a review on this lens, I have been following this lens for many months, can't wait to add it to my lens collection :)

Bless you Chris! Thanks for these wonderful reviews.

I bought this and sold off my FE 85 1.8 in an instant. For photos, it focuses so quick, losing out only to the Batis among all the other 85's.

Yessss, was waiting for this!

Bought this mint for $400. Very satisfied.

My only gripe with the Samyang lenses for sony is that they have a yellow cast in their images. It's easy to fix in lightroom but quite annoying to match my sony lenses. But the samyang 35 1.4 is worth every penny.

Have been anticipating this review. Very good as always! Thank you!

Samyang seem to be heading in a good direction since their AF lenses have improved slightly with each new release. I guess it will create the dilemma of this lens vs the Sony f/1.8. but more choice is always a good thing. If both were available I think I would still go 'first party' and buy the Sony f/1.8 but I can understand the attraction of cheap f/1.4 lenses.

I'm not giving up :) Give us the Sony telephoto lenses!

Mine just shipped today!! Cant wait to get it

Overall amazing except video AF, which for me personally is a deal breaker, but I’m guessing photographers are going to love this lens :)

The Sigma version of theirs 85mm f/1.4 is also available for Sony Mount ;)

I was curious about its aps-c performance, and it seems like plenty good for portraiture works on F1.4-2.0 apertures. I decided Canon 135 F2 for my main portrait lens with MC-11 adapter, but for my friend who uses a6400, Samyang 85 AF FE would be more suitable. Thanks for the review!

best reviews ever

Great work as always, Chris. Thanks for putting this together.

By far the best review. You hit all the notes my bro. Awesome. I'm subbed

I bought the Samyang 35 after your review of it and have LOVED it! I thought the bokeh was second to none and it hasn't dissapointed. This one seems to be the same. I have two questions - A: Would you get rid of a Sony 85 1.8 to get this and B: Have you updated to the new firmware that I hear makes the focus better?

Plz review the new AF samyang 85mm 1.4 for nikon F mount

Eh, i don't know. For that money i would rather get Sony 85 1.8, even if it's "only" 1.8.

It’s also for Canon EF

Isn’t there also the sigma 85mm in a e mount version?

I love this channel! Thanks from Australia, mate.

Nice review chris , I just sold my sony 85mm f1.8 and picking one of these lenses , I heard about the autofocusing problems which can be fixed a bit by the firmware update , in my opinion the AF fails most of the time because of a user error ! we've unfortunately got used to depend on the camera to do everything for us and honestly classifying the lens for portrait , kind of makes no sense to let the autofocus issue become deal breaker , a portrait photographer should be able to focus manually or at least control his shots to be in focus !!! I have to say for the price range and the discounts on it now it's hard to resist picking one and put it in your lens collection ..... just for that smooth nice bokeh.

greetings, thanks for the video - any chance for getting a review of the Canon EF version ? :)

very nice review, thanks a lot Chris

What about the Sigma 85mm? It might be a DSLR design, but it's native too now

Ive been thinking lately is it really that hard or undesirable to just put hard stops instead of that infinite spinning? It can still be focus by wire but just put some stops there

If compare it with Sony 85mm f1.8, which one would you recommend?

Thanks. Ive watched this and your review with the Samyang 75 f/1.8 back to back now and is it my imagination or is the 75 actually better in the corners? It seems so, and the 75 is half the price of this one. I just got the 75 and was curious how much better the 85 f/1.4 was, doesn't look to be much better at all really. The one complaint you had about the 75 was that the background can look at bit busy with close subjects as you showed the squirrel. You show the same scene here and it looks almost identical ha.

The mic pops make my house shake. Mic is good close to mouth. Does not have to be in front of mouth. Close and on the side will get you the volume without the pops. Also they can be filtered out in an audio editing program. Hope this helps!

0:36 this guy just roasted the flying shit out of the sony lens. my guy.

You have missed testing Canon mount Samyang 85mm AF!

I remember when Samyang/Rokinon was relatively unknown - but glad I got my hands on that gear before the prices started going up

Nice review 👍🏾💯.... Would love if yoy could compare it with the GM and the 1.8

I was kind of excited for this and kicking myself for not waiting, but the AF noise in video is a problem for me and so is the close up quality. _Unbelievable_ for such an affordable f/1.4 lens, though.

I have to correct you. There is the Sigma 85 for E-Mount as well.

Which Lens is better for the Sony A7riii: The Sony Fe 85mm F.1.8 or the new Samyang 85mm F.1.4 ? I watched both of your Videos but I am not sure which one is better. I want to use it as Portrait lens and Focus doesn't matter. Also I want to use them pretty much wide open ;)

2:40 seems like it uses CDAF, can anyone confirm that it wont have PDAF for video? For example Sony A7III

I purchased this lens a few days ago and noticed that the Eye AF is a bit laggy at F1.4 and only gets better at around F2.

I wonder if it is sharper than Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 at f/1.8

Regardless of the imperfect sharpness, and the unfortunately bad flaring... damn those images look good! I'm probably gonna get this over the Sony 85mm 1.8.

How is this compare to sony FE 85 f1.8 and Sigma ART 85 f1.4?

You sound like newscaster.amazing vocal bass😊

1:25 how does that work can someone explain?

how does this compare to the sony 85-1.8

Are there only two 85 1.4? What about the Sigma Art?

Just ordered and returned one of these. Real pity as it looked and felt nice but unfortunately there was a major problem with the focussing. Not just the AF - it would not MF either on both my A7iii or A6300. Complete non focussing F1.4 lens. Most, if not all, of the negative reviews around mention the focus capabilities of this lens in one form or another so it would appear to be a possible weakness. Very disappointing. I am now going to try the Sony f1.8.

Wooooooow that’s some beautiful glass

Awesomely good intel thanks

I am curious to see as how it performs on a 24MP D-SLR .

Thanks for another super useful review. I was most interested in your claim that Eye-AF works brilliantly with this lens. Could you confirm that you got this result on your A7R2? I have the same body and I'm worried the Eye-AF is optimized for the A73 series....

I'm tied between this Samyang and the Sony 85mm f1.8. Which one would you choose if you could only choose one? For wedding and portraits?

Thanks a lot for this review !!

A pity you didn't compare it to Sony 85/1.8 - yeah, different aperture (although not that much), but similar price point.

thank you Chris! kinda sad to see they jumped the 1.8 step, again. have no idea why they do that

They made one for canon & nikon earlier, but the sony version is better.

This lens or the native Sony 85mm 1.8? 🤔

hi I accidentally bought the samyang 85mm for four thirds Olympus but I have a micro four thirds em5 mark II camera. so I bought an adapter ring and did get it to work, but now the screen is blank. any ideas on how I can get it to work? I really want to use this lens!

Excellent concise review that hits the important points. Do you happen to know how the overall rendering beauty compares with that of the Sony f/1.4 GM 85mm? Or how other aspects compare such as autofocus noise? Thank you.

Hi, thank you for the review. Your review fits what I'm looking for always. However, do you know how the lens' AF perform in low light?

Would you review the Canon copie of this lens on the Canon EOS R ? , please, please, please, thank you.

I have been waiting for this too! A bit disappointed I must say... I hoped for a performance closer to the 85 art... But no mention of it being close. I'll stick to my Samyang 85 1.2 XP! Manual focus isn't bad on Sony. 😎

Where is Samyang autofocus 85 1.4 autofocus canon version?????? also there is sigma 85 1.4 art for sony i think!!

i like this lens, thanks bro, i'm from Indonesia

Did you try this lens on a DSLR full frame cam? It would be very good to know.

Is there a way I can get the sample images?

Is that video af with a shutter press, or is it letting the af-c catch up on its own as you move the frame? I find with most lenses, the former is more abrupt and sometimes results in that overshoot-and-correct we see here. But with many it's much smoother and more subtle when the camera starts to shift its focus on its own.

Since this one is in the same price range as the Sigma 85mm F 1.4 EX. Which one is the better buy? I’m using canon and Samyang also makes this for canon version. Thank you!

Can you test the Samyang 85 mm autofocus lens for Nikon: Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 F Lens for Nikon F? The Sony FE 85, although similar, is actually a different lens. I cannot find any review for the lens with the Nikon mount. Thank-you.

how is the autofocus for videography today, 2020 april? Have it received any firmware updates that makes it any better?

Hi Christopher. First of all, many thanks for You reviews You're doing fantastic job, but there's always a "but". I am currently looking for 85 mm lens for my Sony and watched all related videos You've made and checked tons of sample photos, but this put me in a little bit of a decision making problem. Which one do I choose? Samyang or Sony? Or maybe should I go different path and rather get Sigma 50mm Art as I don't shoot much of a portraits (loved my Sigma 60mm on APS-C)? Which one would You recommend to casual photo enthusiast, clicking just for fun? I mean, "just for fun" but still love good quality.

Christopher, did you observe any lack of sharpness when shooting under 3,5m and/or close to the minimum focus distance? Opticallimits mentioned that the lens is very sharp only when shooting at infinity.

Which one is better Samyang 85mm f/1,4 AS IF MC Aspherical till Sony E or Samyang MF 85mm f/1.8 ED UMC CS till Sony E ?

Very nice lens. But Samyang should produce more their tiny f2.8 lenses like 24mm or 35mm. I prefer small lenses to walk around and they have quite good optics and sharpness. Something like 85mm f2.8 would be good enough and not expensive.

Hola! Quisiera saber, ya que no comprendí, si puedo utilizarlo con enfoque automatico en mi nikon d7100 que tiene motor de enfoque en el cuerpo. Gracias.

How is autofocus compared to native Sony?

Samyang 85mm af f1.4 vs nikon 85mm 1.8g which the best

Hi Chris love your reviews, your a opinion going to be using at for portrait, on Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 FE lens vs Sigma ART 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM ? for my Canon 5D Mark ll ? Thanks

I had sonys 85 1.8 you get sony lens with great bokeh, its silent, bokeh cirkles are betterand moresmoother in videi. Cost the same ish

im thinking about trying out 85mm but i dont want to spend insane money since this is still my hobby, im wondering this one or the sony fe 85mm f1.8?

Can it be used for canon m6?

Gosh, I hope they make a fuji- x mount version

This is the upgrade I've been waiting for. How much does it cost?

How is it working for video ? I'd like to use it for short films!

Chris, another excellent review. Seems Samyang don't sell this in Australia???

Same for Canon is it ok

Soooo, the Sigma 56mm or the Samyang 85 over the Sony 85 on an A6400?