World’s first review of the new Meyer Optik Görlitz Trioplan 100mm F2.8 II E-mount lens

Marc Alhadeff from SonyAlphaBlog tested the new Meyer Optik Görlitz Trioplan 100mm F2.8 II E-mount lens. This is the first lens produced by the new company OPC Optics. They acquired the bancrupt Meyer Optik in 2018. You can now preorder them at BHphoto:

Conclusion of Marc Alhadeffs review:

The Meyer Optik Trioplan 100mm F2.8 is an unusual lens that has its own signature
It will give you a unique look for portraits and flowers pictures if you can compose a scene with a subject at 1m and a noisy background at 3-10m (with some lights if you want big well defined bubble)
You can also use extension tube to do some more macro and increase the size of the soap bubble bokeh
Video results are also very nice and give a unique look

To summarise

  • Excellent build quality
  • Good sharpness wide open with low contrast requiring post processing
  • Good as of F4 with decent contrast
  • Unique soap bubble bokeh at F2.8 and very good diffuse bokeh at F4
  • Need to compose with subject at 1m and background around 3-10m to maximise effect
  • Reduced zone that will be in focus : so good for individual portrait but not for couple
  • Lot of Ghosting flare with incident light
  • Price relatively high : 1000 euros

Compared to a vintage lens it will not do better in term of sharpness , contrast, bubble bokeh and some 1st grade vintage Trioplan like the one I own are doing better

One of the main advantage of the new version is that the focusing does not change when you change the aperture, on the old one when I was closing down the aperture I had to refocus otherwise it was a little bit out of focus most of the time
But buying an old Trioplan does not give you warranty on the mechanics and expose you to more variability in term of the quality of the results (Try to find a one with the 1 in the triangle = 1st grade)At 1000 euros vs 400-700 euros for an old one , you pay for brand new mechanics, high quality manufacturing , no need of adaptor and more controlled/constant quality

Choice is yours

  • be adventurous buying an old one or
  • stay safe buying the new one ,

In both cases you will be able to experiment the Soap bubble bokeh but will require some post processing for contrast

You can now preorder the new Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens on Amazon and BHphoto

You can now preorder the new Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens on Amazon and BHphoto.

Christopher Frost tested the lens and writes:

Here’s another low-budget option from Yongnuo – quite an interesting one, actually, as it promises to be a little sharper than previous models. It’s for Sony E-mount cameras only, and it only offers a cropped (APS-C) image. All pictures taken by me on Sony a7R II and a5100 cameras.

DxO tells you what the best lenses for the Sony A7R IV are

These are the best lenses for the Sony A7rIV according to DxOmark!

Best wide angle lens: Zeiss 25mm FE (BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama)

Best standard lens: Zeiss 55mm FE (Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto)

Best telephoto lens: Sony 85mm GM (BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama)

Best wide angle zoom: Sony 16-35mm GM (Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto).

Best standard zoom: Sony 24-70mm GM (Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto).

Best telephoto zoom: Sony 70-200mm GM (Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto).

First review of the new YONGNUO 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens

Radojuva tested the newly announced YONGNUO 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens. You can download full size image samples here. The conclusion is:

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YN 50 / 1.8S – a good fifty dollars for mirrorless Sony E APS-C. Excellent price / quality ratio (excellent). The YN 50 / 1.8S has virtually no competitors.

10 main advantages:

  1. low cost (about $ 100)
  2. very light weight
  3. compact sizes
  4. metal bayonet mount included
  5. stepping focus motor fast enough
  6. internal focusing, fixed focus ring during auto focus
  7. electronic focus ring, convenient enough manual focus
  8. USB port for firmware upgrade
  9. one low dispersion element in the optical circuit (for example, Sony 50 / 1.8 OSS no special elements)
  10. good optical performance. Moderate level of basic optical distortion (vignetting, distortion, drop of sharpness to the edges and corners of the image, etc.)

10 main disadvantages:

  1. the hood is extremely inconveniently set to transport mode (maybe it can’t be installed like this at all)
  2. the aperture blades are poorly rounded; on heavily covered apertures the aperture has the shape of a heptagon
  3. tiny lateral play of the focus ring, the focus ring is plastic, not rubberized, can catch dust over time and rotate not so smoothly
  4. no built-in image stabilizer (similar Sony 50 / 1.8 OSS he is)
  5. there are no additional tags (depth of field, focusing distance, etc.)
  6. the minimum focusing distance is greater than that of a similar one Sony 50 / 1.8 OSS (important for subject and pseudo macro photography)
  7. software options for working with the lens via the USB port are very limited
  8. lack of lens data in modern cameras and RAW converters, which prevents some types of optical distortion from being automatically corrected
  9. it is not known where and how this lens should undergo warranty service. This is not Yongnuo, but Ynlens. Perhaps the company has problems with patent obligations
  10. some characteristic optical imperfections, such as perceptible chromatic aberration

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UPDATE: I removed the previous error saying this was an A-mount lens on an A-mount camera. Completely forgot the A3500 was an “old” E-mount camera :)