Meike 85mm f/1.8 MF: B&H Photo / Amazon
Meike 85mm f/1.8 AF: B&H Photo / Amazon
Sony Alpha Blog posted its full Meike 85mm f/1.8 MF review, which should also apply to the AF lens, which doesn’t cost that much more. You can read the full review here or check out the excerpt below:
The Meike 85mm F1.8 (250 euros) is a pleasant surprise : A manual lens with EXIF for 250 euros and with very good overall results
Pros
- Very good to excellent sharpness in the centre
- Very good blurry background
- Good color rendition
- EXIF transmission
- Light
- Cheap
- Low distorsion
- Small vignetting at F1.8 / none at F2.8
- Can be upgraded via firmware
Average
- Bokeh Balls truncated
- Moderate CA
- Lower contrast at F1.8 in some situation
- Average corners wide open
- Good build quality but not “very good”
- Noisy aperture changes
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