Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS:

This lens is also sold under several other names. Check it out under the name Rokinon here at B&H, it's the exact same lens for less. Samyang is another name it's sold under, but I don't think B&H carries it. If you don't mind manual, you won't find better for the money. For video, it's a must-have. Tests show this lens is slightly softer than the Canon 1.2 L (I & II) in the center, but sharper throughout the rest of the frame. Here's a link to show the comparison: [@] If you're thinking about buying this lens, do it! It is worth so much more than the cost!

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS:

I ve bought this one 2 monds ago and i can tell you,This hole Bower serie of 1.4 lenses whil become famous.They are razorsharp wide open whit a mindblowing resolution and contrast.Ate f 5.6 they beats every other brand whit 85mm lenses included Canon and Nikon.Ofcourse there is no EF on it.Bud who needs EF after using Hasselblad for 15 years? On my Canon 5d2 whit live vieuw and 10x zoom you can focus even more precicesly than EF.The optical construction is almost perfect whit 9 elements including 1 ASPH. Also very importend the frontlens doesnt move instead of the Canon version which causes slow EF.Its realy corrected for using wide open and has beautifull bokeh.A bit of shame fore using too many plastic including the barrel and lenshood.Plastic has also positief things like its light,doesnt rust ore is sensitive for condense.The Canon version is 6X more expensive and that makes it a lot more easyer to choose.Just buy it.,you wont regred it.

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS:

Excellent price/value,
excellent photos

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS:

I am very pleased with what I'm getting out of this lens on a Canon 60D. I only use it for video purposes so that's what I'm basing my review on. Realize there is no image stabilizer on this lens so you either need to be the steadiest shooter alive or you need sticks. I have used it on a monopod with mixed results depending on how busy the scene was. The 1.4 let's in an incredible amount of light but you need to be on your game with focus at that f-stop. Overall very pleased with the quality at this price point.

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS:

I PURCHASED THIS LENS FOR PORTRAITS AND IT HAS EXCEDED ALL OF MY EXPECTATIONS! IS IS A LITTLE HEAVY, BUT OTHERWISE AN EXCEPTIONAL LENS.

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS:

I was pretty excited about this lens when I got it. First, the good: 1. it is very sharp. 2. it has OK color rendition so the coatings must be decent. 3. It's very small and doesn't weigh a ton. 4. build quality and overall feel is great! 5. good lens to shoot video on the 5D Mark II

Downside: NO WAY this is a 1.4 lens. They are really pushing to say it's that fast. I tested it against an EF85mm f/1.8 usm and the EF85mm f/1.2L II and it is not even close to f/1.4. It's more like an f/1.9 or f/2 (slower than f/1.8). My testing was pretty exacting.

Still, I just shot it for a week in rome and loved the look of the lens wide open with NDx8 filter attached all the time. Very sharp, very narrow DOF, but again, no chance this is a 1.4 aperture-- no way....

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS:

Well, i bought this lens not knowing what to expect, but now i realize what a great purchase it was since its price is low and you get really great shots with it. Doesn't bothers me that it has no autofocus nor IS, it's just like using an old film camera.

Comments about Bower 85mm f/1.4 Manual Focus Telephoto Lens for Canon EOS:

I primarily use this with my 7d for video. So far I have had great results. No vibration reduction so you have to use sticks. I really clean image and so far I am really happy with it.