SONY GM 85mm VS ZEISS BATIS 85mm - A PRACTICAL, REAL-WORLD REVIEW OF THESE TWO 85mm LENSES

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3 жыл бұрын

The audio sucks on this one, and I apologize. Issues I didn’t catch til upload, but I’ll hopefully re-upload a better version one of these days. Thanks for watching regardless! These two 85mm lenses pack a punch in the depth-of-field department, but I'll tell you which one I prefer over the other and who each one is for in this hopefully inspiring review.
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@654789qwe 3 жыл бұрын

Your voice audio is super low. Can barely hear you

@K-Visuals 3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@sanwarzone 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this nicely made positive comparison. I have the Zeiss Batis 85mm and it fits my needs perfectly.

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for stopping by! The Batis is a killer lens. I haven’t let mine go yet!

@KSLEE17 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for the review mate 👍🏾

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!! Thank you for stopping by!

@mindofneeko 3 жыл бұрын

For the face forward interview shots, there was a mild high frequency static. you can hear it pretty clearly early on but it does start to go away. either through my internal filtering or you caught and corrected it. not sure the source, something to pour over the wave forms for.

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like there was some interference between the wireless mic receiver. Microwaves everywhere!!!

@karlbratby4349 Жыл бұрын

When I had the 85 gm the AF was defo not fast, noisy and clunky, heavy and cumbersome, sharpness is not everything and images can be to sharp, clinical almost but lack character. After 35 years in the game my advise would be don’t let sharpness rule the choices nor going for a 1.4 over an F2 as the amount of times in reality you will use 1.4 is minimal. Batis all the way or the Sony 1.8 over the G Master

@WillStinton 3 жыл бұрын

I still like my FE 85mm 1.8, but maybe I'll upgrade later on. Awesome video!

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

It’s an amazing lens, and you can’t go wrong. Happy shooting!

@photosblossomsau1624 3 жыл бұрын

So if you can have both lenses for same price and you do both videos and photography - what would the the best pick? considering the auto focus noise as well as I don’t want the mic pic up the noise

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

I'd still go with the GM for that extra depth and manual flexibility.

@nickliu8757 3 жыл бұрын

Nice comparison! Did you use some special sound effects? I’m watching this on my phone and your voice has a spacial feeling which is cool! Sigma 85 1.4 is definitely a strong competitor here due to its light weight, looking forward to the comparison between these 3 lenses.

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick! Well, to be honest I think there was some reverb happening in the studio when I shot it. Plus, I didn’t quite get the vocals balanced perfectly. But I hope it was helpful and thanks for the compliment!

@AtomLabX 2 жыл бұрын

Video for me, I liked the batis look more!

@acme9538 3 жыл бұрын

Strictyly stills for Me . . . after watching your vids I tried both the GM and Batis . . . one thing you might mention is how the Zeiss 'renders' images. IMO there is more 'character' with the Batis . . . hard to describe, but there is a 'pop' almost 3D-like with the Zeiss. Yep . . . GM wins on sharpness, slightly better blow-out, & controls . . . no argument there . . . but for me the 'Zeiss-Look' straight out of the camera with stills offers a richer image that comes to life. Thank you for your honest reviews, you aided me in making a great purchase for my particular needs. Cheers.

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic! Enjoy that lens - it's amazing. I truly miss my Batis. Haha.

@pierre-olivierperron1341 3 жыл бұрын

Good Video! Thanks.. But.. One of your audio channel is phase reverse, if you are in mono, all your sound is almost gone :)

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it! Thank you. And yeah, I totally screwed up the output on this one 🤦🏼‍♂️

@ariels3890 3 жыл бұрын

How about a three-way comparison between the GM, Sigma, and Batis? I currently have the Batis but I’m considering selling it for the new Sigma 85 1.4. Love your videos, btw!

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And yeah, I think I’ll definitely do a comparison of the three. Even toying with the idea of throwing in the FE, Rokinon and Viltrox.

@ariels3890 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, that would be the ultimate battle of 85mm lenses!

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Sure would!

@nogerboher5266 Жыл бұрын

Sigma can’t even compare… Sigma lenses have (literally, no exaggeration) no micro contrast whatsoever and render objects in the images completely flat with no depth and no dimensionality between them. At least some of the GM lenses have SOME micro contrast rendering, so they can somewhat compare but Sigma, Samyang, Tamron…?! Yeah, not a chance. Image quality wise, nobody will ever beat Zeiss, Hasselblad and Leica. Especially Zeiss. You can look at AF speeds, sharpness, aberrations or whatever other meaningless stats but Zeiss, Leica and Hasselblad lenses will always create the best looking images with that top notch rendering of dimensionality and micro contrast - simply unmatched - again, especially Zeiss.

@sylvestrisstudios 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, I'm in the market for an 85mm so well timed.

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Which one seems to be in the lead?

@sylvestrisstudios 3 жыл бұрын

@@MattJackson_KZfaq I've a couple of G Master lenses, my favourite being the 24mm so expected that to come out on top. There is something strange going on with those lenses that give a look the others can't touch imo.

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. The sharpness of the glass and the lens coatings produce amazing images. The 85mm GM blows me away when I use it even on cameras like the FX9. Really stunning images.

@ScottPGreen1 3 жыл бұрын

Hat tip from one Wes Anderson fan to another

@terryallen9546 6 ай бұрын

1. The Batis (on my Sony A7) contrast isn't quite enough, but women feel it is "kind." 2. Wish it had on-barrel control. 3. I find myself thinking about my Nikon 85 AF-S on my D750...a lot.

@FreeLensImage 9 ай бұрын

I have a Batis. Uaed for weedings and more and i cant imagine a better lens at least roght now! Realy cant be wrpng woth that one...

@jeremy_woods 2 жыл бұрын

Def the Batis for me. I rented the GM. It’s incredibly noisy (and slow) AF, heavy.. overall too much money for very little payoff especially in video.

@DanceDeepDas Жыл бұрын

Batis won't disappoint you 🙂

@richardblakeweddings 3 жыл бұрын

Just the video I was looking for but sadly can't hear a word you're saying. 😣

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

I knowwwwwww. Ugh. I did a terrible job on this one.

@frozenworldmedia 11 ай бұрын

I own the batis and I used it only like 3 times because it’s too close I’m a music videographer so it isn’t ideal I own zeiss 50mm 1.4. Sigma art 2.8 24-70 a zeiss 16-35mm f4 and the zeiss 85mm f1.8 and out of them all the 50mm and the 24-70 are my work horses I use them for everything

@dirtysouthtiger 10 ай бұрын

The Sigma 85mm 1.4 DG DN Art says hold my beer 💪

@Bathingwookie 4 ай бұрын

The manual focus is absolutely disgusting 🤮

@DanceDeepDas Жыл бұрын

Batis ❤️

@Robin_Polarstern 7 ай бұрын

Team Zeiss Batis 85mm ❤

@martinmysior Жыл бұрын

The sound on my ipad pro is Weird

@MattJackson_YouTube Жыл бұрын

I uploaded with a major sound issue I’m afraid. It’s not you, it’s me 🤦🏼‍♂️

@martinmysior Жыл бұрын

@@MattJackson_KZfaq no problem kep on going 💪

@jsengfoo3756 3 жыл бұрын

the audio sounds like you're sitting behind me and talking into my ears

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

In a good way?

@jsengfoo3756 3 жыл бұрын

@@MattJackson_KZfaq well not really, I personally find it distracting as I'm not used to it. Great video though.

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

I’m kidding. I screwed up the audio in the second portion badly. I’m planning to upload a better version. Thanks for watching!

@jsengfoo3756 3 жыл бұрын

@@MattJackson_KZfaq no worries dude. Really like the 21:9 aspect ratio and unique video design

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@samialruhaily960 3 жыл бұрын

Music to loud, voice is barely heard.

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Hm. Second comment on that. Sounds fine on my end, but I’ll have to look into it. Thanks!!!

@TheRogueElement 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't hear the voice track either.

@afrank3029 3 жыл бұрын

@@MattJackson_KZfaq It just van't sound "fine" ...Something is definetly went wrong with the audio..!!!

@MattJackson_YouTube 3 жыл бұрын

@@afrank3029 cool. Thanks

@gcardinal 7 ай бұрын

Sharpness for portraits… 😂😂😂

@kenn6592 4 ай бұрын

What the hell with the music? I just can’t watch this! Please take this as constructive criticism.

@cameraprepper7938 9 ай бұрын

VERY BAD sound !!!

@MattJackson_YouTube 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, welcome to the party.

@JUSTCHILLBYZAZA 3 ай бұрын

What a terrible sound I want to watch the video I can’t this sound sounds like World War II speaking microphones 😂 I think you need to make a video how to make better sound video 😂

@robertkrysik100 11 ай бұрын

this pathology will probably never end with these very bright lenses where practically everything is blurred, especially at such a long focal length, idiocy and nothing more