06-20-2018, 12:22 PM
(06-20-2018, 07:22 AM)you2 Wrote: It looks nice but bit curious why an EF lens where there are already gazillion quality 85mm; would think they would pick a mount that has less competition. Besides according to rumours EF is dead it just doens't know yet
None yet (that I'm aware of) that might be called a "consensus" 85mm lens, at least not in the EF mount. Canon 1.2? Slow AF, FBW, huge price. Canon 1.8? "Only" 1.8 and there are reports of it not being sharp enough wide open. Canon 1.4 IS? Very expensive. Sigma EX? Old and AF issues. Sigma A? Too big, possible AF issues? Tamron 1.8? It's a Tamron at 1.8, duh. Samyang MF? Duh, stone age operation. Zeiss? MF and expensive. This Samyang has a chance to add another option that may be optimal for some/many users.
These are not my attitudes, mind you, just a digest of what I've heard over the years of scavenging in the internet fora. I was never able to choose a 85 for myself, although I came close to pulling the trigger on the Tamron 85.