Sirui 85mm F1.4 "Aurora" Review

[@brettyg76]

I absolutely love your vids… you show ALOT of sample photos (and various photos as well)… something a lot of other creators don’t do. Please continue doing a lot of sample photos in your review videos, so us, the viewers, get a fair idea of how the lens performs.

[@mr.blurred143]

What took you so long we have been waiting for you this! One of the honest person in the internet.

[@winwood9807]

Always love your reviews Arthur!

[@clarkejones8090]

Arthur, you made some very lovely images with this lens. Thanks

[@HagaishiSama]

Awesome video as always and happy new year 🎉

[@ArthurR]

Happy New Year!

[@MaxPhotoGraphic]

Thank uou Arthur, have a good day.

[@ilfotografoviaggiatore]

Grazie per aver inserito la traccia audio in italiano 👏 👏 👏 👍

[@panagiotiskaramanis4185]

Thank you, excellent review!

[@ES-pt9te]

Do you happen to have the viltrox 27mm f1.2 e mount still? There is an issue with that lens that affects all copies.

[@ArthurR]

I do still have it. Is it the electronic front curtain shutter thing?

[@ES-pt9te]

@@ArthurR Its where the aperture doesnt change from f4 to 4.5 when you switch back and forth between the two, also happens at f5 to f5.6 and at a few other intervals as well. this is an issue because i took two photos both at at the same settings including apeture but the brightness of the photos werent the same which means something isnt right well on one of the photos even though the camera (a6700) said f4 the blades were at f4.5. the blades arent stuck either i think this is a firmware issue that they somehow missed throughout all the firmware updates. Surely this isnt meant to happen

[@STILLWILLPHOTO]

The mafia has spoken!

[@eltiochuck]

Great option considering the price.

[@breadandcircuses5644]

A great video again, thank you Arthur and a happy new year from Munich, Germany. What do you think of using a capable 85mm lense (Sigma?) on APS-C for shooting wildlife at dusk or dawn?

[@merricfoley6481]

The closest and easiest pronunciation in English is something like “sir” “ray” (pronounced as two separate syllables). Meike is like “maker”.

[@R8Prototype]

Tsuyosa wrist check :)

[@vandamro1848]

How does it compare to the Samyang 85mm F1.4 Mark II?

[@Plaubel17]

Sirui 35mm 1.2 /1.4 Aurora please 🙏🏼

[@rfzw]

The Rokinon is around the same price, no?

[@ndc5544p]

somehow this lens looks like it was built by viltrox. The aperture ring, the sirui logo, the text on the front of the lens. Very reminiscent of viltrox.

[@123fourfivesix-g4i]

This vs the meike 85 1.4

[@ArthurR]

100% this lens, I won’t waste your time with a video. This lens is better built, better optically, and massively better in autofocus performance.

[@carloacetre677]

On Meike’s latest firmware AF speed is the same pretty much. We have both lenses on the ZF/Z8. I prefer the contrasty and punchy colors of the Meike. Weight is the only thing where it clearly loses now.

[@123fourfivesix-g4i]

@ and the meike is about $100 less

[@fotogeeker1390]

@@ArthurR Just bought the Sirui 85mm and made a comparison with my meike 85mm, I ended up returning the Sirui one,which has cost 100 dollars more and performed bit worse.

[@pauls6043]

Wish they made them for Canon

[@bhspenceryt]

Please say if this is APSC or FF in the video title.

[@noorur]

Half price alternative ? Is it the same goodness, same sharpness and everything else ?

[@ashishnakhate5587]

Not good i have use witha z maunt west of many

[@justinburley8659]

$500 is NOT expensive for a lens

[@ArthurR]

Depends on your wallet balance. There are people commenting $200 lenses are expensive...

[@Fotozones]

Soo-ray? Nah... really?

[@ArthurR]

Tell me about it.

[@jean-philippeperetti8463]

The pronunciation varies with each KZbin channel. Eventually, everyone will get it right. Eventually!

[@ArthurR]

@@jean-philippeperetti8463 I hope so! I emailed them a while ago about it, and that’s how it’s pronounced I guess…

[@jean-philippeperetti8463]

@@ArthurR I did a search yesterday to find the exact pronunciation but even Google gave me more than one. Even in the Chinese language, there seamed to be variations. Who should we trust. LOL. I guess if you emailed the company directly, that should settle it. It's like Nikon, is it "knee-con" or "n'eye-con". In Canada and most other countries in the World, we say Zed, not Zee like in the US. Don't tell them they have it wrong. LOL. They'll look at you as if you're from outer space. LOL

[@Fotozones]

@@jean-philippeperetti8463 in the English world (not north America) we pronounce it Nick-on. Like Nick is riding on the bus. 🙂