SAB: Astrhori 85mm f/2.8 TS-E Macro Review

• 2 years ago

The Astrhori 85mm f/2.8 TS-E Macro is a new affordable shift lens option for E-mount and Sony Alpha Blog posted a lengthy review of the lens here. The lens has a lot of pros without many drawbacks as you can see below. If you want to give the Astrhori 85mm f/2.8 TS-E Macro a try you can find one on Amazon.

Pros

• Very Good sharpness for macro
• Very good build quality
• Very good bokeh balls and soft background blur
• Very Good tilt mechanism
• Macro 1:1
• Good color rendition
• Clickless aperture
• Low Distortion
• Price
• Resistance to flare

Average

• Sharpness wide open above 1m
• Vignetting
• Chromatic aberrations wide open

Cons

• Size and weight
• No tilt coverage for full frame
• Focusing ring : only 10° between 1m and infinity

Astrhori 85mm f/2.8 TS-E Macro: Amazon

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