UPDATED:The $345 Yongnuo 85mm f/1.8 FE lens outperforms the $3,990 Zeiss Otus lens?

ThePhoBlographer spotted this surprising result posted by DxOmark. The Yongnuo 85mm f/1.8 FE lens (available at Amazon US, BHphoto, Amazon DE, Amazon UK) outperformed the ten times more expensive Zeiss Otus lens:

UPDATE: The Zeiss was tested on a lower resolution camera, and this surely had a negative influence on the score. Moreover this score is not perfect, it’s a subjective standard of scoring results. So don’t take it as a perfect tool for final judgment. Still, the Yongnuo remains impressive!

Save $27 on the TTArtisan 50mm f/0,95 E lens. SonyAlphablog tested the lens and says “dreamy portraits without being soft”

You save $27 on the 50mm lens sold at TTArtisan store.

Marc Alhadeff just tested this lens and concluded:

The Meike 50mm F0.95 (249$) for E mount (APS-C = A6xxx) will be excellent for portraits and objects details, specially for close shoot with a beautiful rendering : good sharpness wide open and creamy background blur , beautiful bokeh balls, at F2 the lens is tack sharp. Color rendition is good, background blur is very creamy at short distance, contrast is also good for a F0.95 lens. Build quality is very good and focusing/aperture ring are well dampened
If you need consistency on the entire frame you will need to close to F5.6
Like a lot of budget lenses it can do better in term of CA and resistance to flare , but for a F0.95 it is perfectly usable wide open for dreamy portraits without being soft neither

The lens is also available at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT and Amazon ES.

World’s first Meike 85mm f/1.8 FE AF lens review by SonyAlphaBlog: “very good for the price”

The new lens is available at BHphoto, Amazon, Amazon DE, Amazon UK.

SonyAlphaBlog tested the new Meike 85mm f/1.8 FE AF lens and concluded:

The Meike 85mm F1.8 STM (200$) is a very good for the price. It provides very good results overall for portraits with very good sharpness in the centre ,very nice bokeh balls , color rendering and soft background blur. AF is good (80-90% accuracy)
Of course it will be more at ease on 24Mpix than on 61Mpix in term of sharpness
Some tradeoffs have been made. : full plastic body, AF that could be a little bit better (this should be possible with firmware upgrade), important vignetting, some CA and average resistance to flare, some loss of contrast with incident light, sharpness in the corners pretty average
Video rendering is also very good
Recommended on A7II / III for small budget