How is it possible to be as sharp at f/1.2? WOW !!!!!

That corner sharpness at f/1.2 on the full frame is staggeringly good. If only it had AF and a gasket, which I reckon they could've done and still make it cheaper than the Canon lens, it would have been a no-brainer.

Excellent optics on that one. Was really impressed for the sharpness at f/1.2. Great review and happy new year!!

Jesus, indeed you don't need to comment on the sharpness on full frame. How is this even possible at 1.2? Just wow.....

@EmoEmu

7 жыл бұрын

Their 135/2.0 is also incredibly sharp. Samyang has been making really great products for a while now. It's only their old stuff that can be somewhat questionable at times.

@jamesmonahan9408

6 жыл бұрын

i have both 135mm f2 and 85mm 1.2. OMG! great images!

looks like Samyang finally did another lens as good as their 135mm f2. Cool cool !

Chris, your catalogue of lens reviews is an absolute asset to the community. Thank you!

The first photograph....wow....the background just melted away. Great lens. As always, great review.

I subscribed because of how well structured and detailed was your review. I will definitely go through your videos.

Hi Chris, hope I am not too late. That 6D MKI is a keeper. I have two of them and a pair of 5DMKIV's. I twice rented a 6DMKII due to double booking and the image quality is not inspiring. We continue to shoot weddings with the 5DMKIV's and 6DMKI's and I have zero desire to dump the 6DMKI even today. For stills, the 6D(MKI) is easily the most understated full frame canon body. The one and only nuance we find with both of our 6D bodies is that it can be heavy on blue saturation in the shadows of a white wedding dress for example. Something easily remedied in post.

I always wanted a fast lens. Done! I purchased this Samyang 85mm 1.2. What a bokeh!!!

Nice review Christopher, looks like a stunning lens. I have the Samyang 1.4 which I like a lot but the 1.2 - wow!

awesome review like usual and as expected from you. thank you so much. i learned and purchased lots of lenses based on your reviews n never regretted.

Thanks again for the review - and the one of the Sigma 1.4/85 Art. I just preordered the Samy XP for my Sony a6000 & a6300. I also own the Samy 1.4/35, FE 1.4/50 AF, 1.4/85 and 2.0/135 and love them all.

Bought this lens a few months ago thanks to this review! Absolutely love it!

Thanks for reviewing the lens :) Actually I was planning to buy one and your video is really helpful. Thanks again.Hope to see 14/2.4 XP lens next time.

Your reviews are wonderfully soothing. Cheers.

I'd love to see a review of the Samyang 10mm f/2.8

Christopher Frost: the best lens reviews on youtube! good work, man!

FINALLY! I wanted you to review this lens since I the first time I heard about it.

Dear Christopher, It is a real pleasure to watch one of your review videos again. For this Samyang lens, there is only one thing to say: WOW! It is surely superior than Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II. And I guess that it is a bit better than new Sigma 85mm f/1.4. Best regards.

Thank you very much for this review. Your channel is the best.

I still love you and I just watch your videos sometimes just to hear your relaxing voice :-) I use this lens with the R6 and I love how focusing with the R6 is so easy and IS.

Thank you Chris for your advice!

Thx for covering lenses beside Canikon and Sigma, i really like like the new samyang lenses hats off to there lensdesigners!

Lovely thanks for the review

That's gorgeous, nice review too

This is my favorite lens of all time. Bought this one because of your review. I use it for weddings and portraits on my Sony A7III. With focus peaking this lens shines. I've used the canon 1.2L and sigma 1.4 art and still i love this lens more. Sharper than the canon. More character than the sigma art. I'll buy this lens in a heart beat again and again. Thanks Frost.

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

I wish I hadn't had to give my review copy back hehe

@wbhar1794

4 жыл бұрын

What adapter are you using with the A7iii?

Great review Christopher, like always. This is the sharpest lens from samyang, I bet those from Canon will release a new 85mm this year (2017).

Wow! wow! wow! what an amazing lens.. I wonder how it goes against the zeiss 85mm..

Now that's some serious Bokeh and sharpness. Impressive piece of glass right there !

As always Awesome review Chris! i hope you could also do a review on the Fujinon 56mm f1.2 R or also the APD version, i really love to hear your review on this lenses and maybe also do a comparison on this two lens, thank you in advance.

Images have a pleasant feel to them, nice one Samyang.

Thank you for the review. Great job. I'm astonished that they would neglect to include a depth of field scale on the lens. How difficult would it have been to include it? Although it seems like a great lens, I also wonder if the price jump in price is justified from its cheaper f1.4 version.

very nice review!

Great review as always! This lens will be on my list to Santa next Christmas! :-)

Tried this lens today. It is almost same size as Sony G master 85mm and even Canon 85mm 1.2 L. The construction is great and focusing mechanism is smooth. However, there is a long focus throw, so you keep turning the focus ring forever. I had only 1 keeper out of 6 pictures I took with Canon 6D. Definitely a lens to take time when taking pictures. OOF areas are lovely as butter!

great video! This is a very interesting lens!

just got this! outstanding!

How does the Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 compare to this lens? A review of the Mitakon would de awesome aswell!

i don't think that your comments about the picture quality are biased. It really helps think about what aperture to shoot on, and your test based on a lab environment on specific aperture. And don't change how to review lenses based on what people thinks. Just do what you do. Your opinion is very nice :D

Samyang does make some good lenses. I carry the Rokinon 16mm f/2 (rebranded samyang) all the time, and use the 135mm a lot too.

Loved the rabbit at the end!

To be that sharp at f/1.2 and have low distortion and chromatic aberrations, really makes this a great lens for sure! If it only had weather sealing and auto focus, it really would be even more excellent. I would say it would be nice to also have image stabilisation, but I know that can often compromise image quality a little with the extra internals needed for that to work.

Great review Chris. Wonder how you'll judge the new Sigma 85mm...no f1.2, but autofocus and a comparable price to this Samyang might make up for it. Cheers!

That "without any comment" part didn't last very long. But wow!... I was blown away! At least on full frame, that lens seems sharper at f/1.2 than many lenses at f/1.4 and f/1.8!

Hey I love your reviews and turn to them often for purchases (recently got the Samyang 12mm full frame based on your review). I`ve just sold my EF 85 f1.2ii and was planning to get the new Sigma 85 f1.4, so I would love a review of that ! I do have one small suggestion : your pronunciation of out-of-focus areas as `bo-kuh`; the Japanese word is romanized and pronounced as bokeh, or `bo-kay`.

Hi Christopher, great review . I was wondering about your experience in manually focusing with this lens. Did you get good results with the focus confirm chip or did you need to use live view and zoom in everytime

Thank you for the video

Hi Chris very good review thanks. Do Samyang have the 1.2 for a Nikon mount.

Damn that is a sharp 1.2 lens. Crazy.

The hiding place - great book!

Nice Lens reviewed on a nice Channel! Looks like a Zeiss Lens.

Thank you for the review, Christopher. What an impressive lens! I wonder how its MTF compares to the Zeiss Otus, the Sigma Art and the Zeiss Loxia. I'd say, the sole shortcomings of the lens are limited to: - Lack of autofocus. - Lack of IS - I expect, tree weight. Stupid of Samyang to forego the chance to produce these for mirrorless systems.

Thank you for that Christopher.

great review..

great review

hi chris im a big fan i wanted to ask you which recommendationa cann you give me to focus better and faster with manual lenses, do you always use live view?

thanks. please also do a review on samyang xp 14mm. thank you so much.

Awesome review Chris, thanks for putting this information out there. Question, since this is a manual focus 3rd party lens, do you think the manual focus indicator on the EOS R would work with it. I have always been an auto focus photographer but if I will be trying my hands on manual focus, I would need some kind of assist to speed up capturing InFocus images.

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

I can't remember I'm afraid. Honestly the indicator isn't that useful or precise IMHO - it's much better to use focus magnification

Thank you very much for this review. Your review is probably one of the first. Unfortunately, the bokeh lights out of focus look terrible, like someone's chewed them :-)

amazing lens!

Nice review.

Lol, since people tell me im biased i will now not say anything. Except look how awesome it is. Not saying that youre biased, nor would it matter as you show the results anyway. Just thought it was funny. Keep these great videos coming!

best review!!

Hey you gotta review the otus 28, 55 and 85mm lenses.

hey Chris, I really enjoy your video. Just one throught, with all the new 85mm lens came out this year (sigma, tamron, samyang), wouldn't it be nice to do a 85mm prime battle?

@christopherfrost

7 жыл бұрын

Young Shen It's on my mind, yup

Is it sharper than samyang 135 millimeter?

It looks so nice, but seems to have crazy breathing? reminds me of a Zeiss Otus Lens, nice video!

ive been wondering lately about the differences between samyang cine lenses and sigmas art lenses. so cine lenses are best for video shooting because manual focus and aperture rings while art lenses are for photography? or both are just good but depends on the persons preferability?

Woooooooow. Never seen a lens that sharp at 1.2

Chris, I didn't understand if it has "chip confirmation focus" on the canon version too...and how precise is it. Congrats great reviews.

@christopherfrost

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it does. It's fairly precise

@AVPROJECT1

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your answer :)

Any chance you could get your hands on a zeiss otus 85mm f1.4 lens to compare. It looks to be a direct competitor with it based on style (possible copied)

Hey Christopher, Thanks for the review. I've been waiting for a good review on this lens. The only problem is that I shoot Nikon. Is there any word from Samyang if they are going to offer this lens for Nikon.

Great review, Christopher, thanks a lot. It confirms what I already suspected: it's an awesome piece of glass. Can't wait until it's available and I can retire my Samy 1.4/85 :-) All the best and happy new year!

Any idea what the T-stop is like on this lens? I would guess something like t/1.3 or 1.4 but that is just that - a guess.

Very hard to choose a Samyang 85mm lens... XP F1.2, F1.4, F1.8. Which one would you choose to adapt it on a Fuji X-system ? Thank you for ALL your fantastic reviews, Christopher.

MF lens without an aperture ring? What was Samyang thinking?

Is this lens the same as the Rokinon SP 85mm f/1.2 that's coming out soon? It's on the B&H website

I just ordered my copy will see if it’s true. Thanks

That is truly some amazing glass! And a great review as always! I'll never buy one though (I don't need one, as I'm a mere hobbyist chasing my kids around, mostly). One bloody kilogram too... :-P

Please Which one should i go for Samyang 85mm f 1.2 Sigma 135mm f 1.8 Mostly for wedding photography

just waiting for this lens to get released in Australia.Not out yet.Its this or the Sigma 1.4 Art

Do you ever try a Mitakon 85 f1.2? I really want to know the difference and want to see a comparison.

im a new photographer, looking to buy a low budget lens for my canon 60d, to take photos at parties and portraits. what lens do you suggest? thank you.

Great review. I'm adding this to my list of lenses to consider replacing my Canon 85mm, f1.8, which is already my sharpest glass! Please share your interpretation of the results! If everyone listened to the nagging naybobs of negativity on the web, nothing would get done! Also, I am subscribing upon typing this next period. Cheers!

Dear sir, i want to purchase sony alpha68 with 18-135 MM lense... pls give any suggestion abt it

Bro i ask one question i have canon eos 700d support this samyung85mm1.4 lense ..?

Please don't hold back your opinions or comments. Your comments make the review a review! You've tested more lenses than most. Withholding comments compromises your vast experience which the rest of us don't have. Your review style of consistent test shots with commentary but no data graphs is what makes you stand out IMO. If you want to cut the bias share the raw test shots so people can form their own opinions but please don't leave out yours. If we didn't trust your opinion we wouldn't watch. That said, thank you for the quality review. Lens aside, great shots as always.

Thanks for sharing your review. I'm quite impressed. The thing I don't get though is why Samyang came up with such an excellent lens at this price and didn't include the autofocus. It makes sense if you sell it at 300 but no longer at 900...

@christopherfrost

6 жыл бұрын

Even without autofocus, an 85mm f/1.2 lens of excellent optical quality will always be expensive to manufacture

hello Christ I want to buy this lens for Canon eos 90D. Is it the right choice? can you help me please

It’s so sharp at f1.2. Compared with the king of EF sharpness EF135L f2.0, this lens is 9.5/10 😳😳

I own this lens and love it! For some reason, all the photos of this lens online, even video's, don't seem to truly show the size of this lens. Its quite large!!!

I'd like you to compare this against the new Sigma Art 85mm f 1.2 Lens

@JCD1986

7 жыл бұрын

Solid Brix Studios you mean 1.4

Would love to see this adapted to an A7r ii!

Samyang 14mm Xp when will do review on it.

Thanks a lot.

Hi Chris, I have the feeling I might need your help if you have a quick moment for me. I have bought a Sony Alpha 7 II and wanted to adapt my Samyang 85mm 1.2 EF mount to it. Unfortunately I can only set the exposure time via the camera menu but NOT the aperture! When I adapted my Irix 15mm 2.4 Firefly onto the camera it worked. Currently I have a Metabones EF to E Mount adapter ( unfortunately it‘s also a wrong one, it only covers the APSC format on the sensor). Now my question: Can you tell me if the Samyang can be used properly on the Sony Alpha 7 II using the Sigma MC 11 or any other adapter? Did you check this out when you tested the Samyang? If I don‘t find an adapter that can operate the Samyang‘s settings I will have to give the Camera back because I bought it particularly for my third party non-stabilized primes with EF mount. Thanks in advance for your quick answer. God bless… Markus from Saxony in Germany 🙂

almost 3d rendering. amazing contrast on blue colour. eyegasm

They need to make this for the Sony A-mount line :(

Hi, this is a newbie question. When you mounted the lens on your m3 did it require some adapter or did it just fit?

@m1k869

5 жыл бұрын

You will need an ef to ef-m adapter.