85mm f/1.8 FE review by Admiringlight: “the lens exceeded my expectations”

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Image courtesy: Admiringlight.

Jordan Steele from Admiringlight tested the new 85mm f/1.8 FE Sony lens ([shopcountry 57214]). The final conclusion is:

Given the very reasonable $598 price tag, the lens exceeded my expectations.  The nearest competitor is the outstanding Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8, which provides similar sharpness and bokeh with slightly lower levels of chromatic aberration, but at double the price. For the vast majority of shooters, the Sony 85mm is going to be the lens of choice between these two.  It’s an outstanding value and an excellent lens. Sony has produced a winner with the 85mm f/1.8, and it has earned a spot in my bag.

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For EU readers: Gold Box on the A5100, FE 85mm and RX100II

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Today only EU readers get the A5100 kit for 449 Euro and the RX100II for 299 Euro at Amazon Germany (Click here). And  in the afternoon they will be also able to grab those two deals on the A5100 and 85mm FE (Click here and scroll the horizontal bar).

Seems like Europeans are finally getting a lot of love from Sony. We saw plenty of Sony deals the past two weeks. And don’t forget the A7rII and A7sII got an up to 600 Euro(!!!) discount all across Europe too:
A7rII for 2999 at [shopcountry 56901] (600 Euro off)
A7sII for 2999 at [shopcountry 56902] (400 Euro off)

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony A99II Review – Look Out World

Camera Basics – Aperture (Apalapse).
Sony A7RII Buffer Speed with Fast SD Card or NO? (Jeff Remas).
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm F1.4 ZA Product Overview (Dpreview on Youtube).
Toby from Photorec.tv reviewed the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D on Sony A7
Review of the new Sony 18-110 f/4 lens (Prairiepictures).
Sony FE 1,8/85 mm test by Peter Schrolle on Dyxum.
100mm STM test at Mapcamera.

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$600 price drop on the Sony RX1-RII

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Today Sony dropped the price of the RX1RII and you can have it for $3299 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. The new pricing is actually the original launch price. But Sony months later did raise the price y $600 which is quite unusual.

Rokinon 14mm Full Frame E-mount autofocus lens for $499 only directly from Amazon US (Click here). And the Open Box Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens sells also for $499 on eBay (sold directly by Rokinon).

New Batis Preorders:
Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 lens at Adorama and Bhphoto.
Zeiss Batis 135mm lens shade at Adorama and Bhphoto.

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This week SAR readers photos selection

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Pierluigi De Rubertis with Chiara Melì.
Melì & Pier con Nevena Gicevic @ WAVE Managementt
Shot on A7RII with Sony-Zeiss lens

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3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

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