There is a double Rokinon lens Gold box deal at Amazon US (Click here and than scroll or click on “upcoming” to find them). Keep in mind the 85mm t/1.5 E-mount lens covers the Full Frame sensor area so it’s good for A7 owners too!
The RX100 now sells for $399 on [shoplink 27781 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
These are the current Sony deals on Amazon US:
Save $380 on the Sony VGC99AM Vertical Grip with Sony A99 Digital SLR Purchase
Get up to $375 Toward a Sony a7 Camera or Lens with a Qualifying DSLR Trade-in
Buy a Qualifying Sony a7 Series Camera and Save on Select Lenses and Accessories
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera and Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses
Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses with a Qualifying Sony Compact System Camera Purchase
Save $50 on Select Sony RX Series Digital Cameras
Save $50 and Get a Free Case with Sony QX Lens-Style Cameras
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I’ve heard that Rokinon is a ‘mixed bag’ when it comes to lenses. Sometimes they have really good one, other times they have real duds. Even for a particular lens I’ve heard people say you can get a good copy or a bad copy. Does anyone here have any experience with the 85mm?
Yes – I could use the 85/1.4 during a club concert together with my own Sony 50/1.4 (and my others…).
Image quality even wide open was really good, equal or better than the Sony 50/1.4. But focusing was a damned mess (of course manual – but I’m used to focus manually with my 55, 65 and 77M2 as I had no auto focus back in times when I started sports and concert photography… and I love focus peaking) – but the focus ring of the Rokinon/Walimex was so sluggish that I missed a lot of photos just because of being to slow… (the exact opposite is the focus ring of Sony).
And no Exif data in the files – ok, that doesn’t impact IQ and I hadn’t things like “Exif” in my beginnings and still I’m alive… 🙂 🙂
The return process for any retailer is pretty straight forward and hassle free these days. That being said, I’ve purchased four Rokinon lenses and they’ve all been great. So, either I’m just extremely lucky or the “mixed bag” issues that are being spread are overstated.
How much is the 85mm selling for
I just bought the 14/2.8 for my a7r. Would someone mind taking a look at a photo to see if I received a good copy? Thanks!