Rokinon 85mm 1.4

[AllenOwen]

I grabbed one of these "Cheap" 85mm 1.4 lenses from Cameta for $250. Thinking of getting a Katz eye, but the focus indicator seems to work pretty good on the D300.

Grabbed a few quick shots hours after I received it.

First thoughts, it's sharp at 1.4 (when focused correctly). But the CA is crazy wide open. But Bokeh is nice!

After importing them into lightroom I noticed they lack quite a bit of contrast and the yellows and red seem to clip a little.

Anyway, here's some samples, all shot wide open.

Nikon D300 : @85mm : 1/800th : f1.4 : 200 ISO : AV Mode : +1/3 Exp Comp




CA is bad in this one.


Nikon D300 : @85mm : 1/800th : f1.4 : 200 ISO : AV Mode : +1/3 Exp Comp




Nikon D300 : @85mm : 1/5000th : f1.4 : 200 ISO : AV Mode : +1/3 Exp Comp




Nikon D300 : @85mm : 1/800th : f1.4 : 200 ISO : AV Mode : +1/3 Exp Comp



You can see you really have to nail the focus @ 1.4

Nikon D300 : @85mm : 1/2000th : f1.4 : 800 ISO : AV Mode : +1/3 Exp Comp




Here's it mounted:

[Trey T]

gotta love samyang lens.