New Meike 85mm f/1.4 STM review at SonyAlphaBlog: “very good performances”

Meike 85mm AF lens at Meike Global (Click here).

SonyAlphaBlog reviewed the new Meike 85mm f/1.4 STM and concluded:

The Meike 85mm F1.4 STM (470$) offers you very good performances globally for the price of a F1.8 lens. It delivers very good to excellent sharpness , its bokeh and background blur are very nice and smooth, the AF is good and ergonomics are very nice with the aperture ring (clicks) and focus hold button. The main weaknesses are its sized weight, resistance to flare, the long minimum focusing distance and some little yellow tint to the images that can be easily corrected.

Alternatives are the Samyang 85mm F1.4 AF V1 with overall similar performances with better color rendition but less good bokeh balls that can be found sometimes at 500 euros , the new Samyang 85mm F1.4 AF II being more expensive at 700 euros and less sharp.

The best overall is the Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG DN Art (1099 euros) which is a superlative lens in all domains: optical performances, artistic rendering , AF performance, ergonomics , build quality but also size and weight and price but it cost 2,5X the price of the Meike

Recommended for budget shooters that really want the F1.4