as a canon DSLR APS C shooter, you don't know how much I would want something equivalent to these lenses 😭 it's a shame Canon didn't (and still isn't) create any really good quality glass for APS-C
I have this Meike lens as well as the 35mm f1.4 and though I haven't used the 50mm much I LOVE the 35mm. it takes amazing sunset/rise pictures and it was less than a hundred dollars. very impressed with Meike lenses
Been waiting for reviews of this intriguing lens to come up and you nailed it! First one on the web as far as I can tell. Great job, thank you! Meike glass is great as usual
Hi Arthur, this is really interesting, because it looks almost exact the same to me as the 7artisans 50 0.95. Even optical construction seems to be identical. Maybe it has better coatings or you just got a good copy. Have you any idea? Thanks.
its looks and specs are suspiciously similar to the 7artisans 50/0.95; however, it seems to perform much better wide open. with regard to the sigma 56, it would be interesting to see it added to the comparison with the meike and ttartisan both shot at 1.4
@@cinelensgeeky3648 Agree. He took better photos this time. However, these two lenses are almost exactly the same - no difference other than the focus ring (this one has diamond shaped knurling). Even the weight is exactly the same as the 7artisans variant! Also both have the same (strange) bell shaped bokeh in some photos.
I picked up this lens and the 7 artisans 35mm F1.4 about 6 months ago. I really thought I’d like the 7 artisans more but the Meike got so much character I love it and usually pickup the Meike before the 7 artisans. The 7 artisans is much sharper wide open but, with my 50mm stopped down to around 1.2-1.4 it becomes just as sharp with less CA. If you’re not sure, just get it, for the price tag it’s worth it if you want a less clinically sharp look.
Thanks for this review. It's always good to see other options out there. In some respects, the quirks of the Meike lens is often sought out by filmmakers. Like when they use vintage lenses for their optical characteristics.
I compared a Meike 50mm F/2 to a Rokinon 50mm F/1.2. I found that overall, the Meike is pretty much just as sharp. It's also smaller, but I've liked the fact that the aperture and focusing is manual, which means that they can be adjusted even with manual extension tubes for macro, but also if reversing the lens. The Rokinon, despite also being fully manual, is actually not manual to the same extent! Despite being used before, with some scratches, it's possible I might've ended up with one of the better copies. That being said though it might not be consistent quality across many copies due to the manufacturing/quality control process, although one might hope that it not be true.
The old concept that you had to spend $4000 to get a superb lens changed about 4 years ago with the advent of CDC lens grinding and polishing machines with a one micron tolerance became available to lens makers. The same equipment that makes Lumix lenses is also used by Zeiss and Leica. Meike also use them. What took Leica a week to hand finish a lens can be done in an hour and the results are the same. Leica do have some secret sauce in the coatings though.
@@ArthurR I've never had a problem with that, it's the optical fomula that interests me. The performance between 0.95 and 1.2-4 is so poor and the effect on exposure so insignificant, it poses the question whether it wouldn't be better to just cap it at 1.3 which is probably superior to the other Chinese 1.2-1.4 fixed manual lenses and not give false hope of 0.95. It sounds ridiculous that removing options would be pro-consumer but in this instance it might be.
"If you like more of a challenge" - never wanted to make photography deliberately more hard work! Maybe an indoor gig with a band on stage in low light I might be tempted, but for that price, nope!
Thanks for the review! It would have been interesting to have this lens offered in Leica LTM mount, since there is an adapter that allows "autofocus" with LTM glass on Sony bodies. With AF and eye detection, I would happily shell out even 400 USD for this lens.
Have you tested it on fullframe by any chance? I know there will be vignetting. But is that completely black, without image behind it, or if it's just dark corners that I may be able to lighten a bit.
Hi there, what are the differences between this one and the 7Artisans one? As others have mentioned it looks as it is the same lens with some minor cosmetic changes on the inside. Do images differ? 🤔
I think it's better to have somewhat a negative review than no review at all. A lot of the channels here on YT are somewhat biased anyways. Even if they were not, in real world application most modern lenses can produce great images even when printing relatively big. I mean, I see a lot of reviews where people don't recommend a lens and at the same time they show very good pictures shot with that particular lens.
Interesting review Arthur. Especially your notes on the 56/50 for shooting. I have the Sigma 30 (the older 2.8) and also the full manual Neweer 35mm f1.7 and yeah.. that Neweer although its only a $100 it is a very good lens "if" you can nail the focus and compared to my older Sigma.. I actually think my Neweer is a lot superior in image quality once nailed.. Against the F1.4 sigma... yeah.. you can see the vast difference in quality that the Sigma offers. SO yeah.. nice review, on point and essentially.. if you want an easy life.. go 56mm or the sony 50.. if you want a challenge and some fun.. go manual.
The fuzzy concept word for blur is not pronounced "bo-kay". It is either "bo-keh" or "bok-eh". "Blur" is easier to say. When you say "bouquet balls" do you mean specular highlights?
All these new manual lenses for this price why no one compare it with old vintage lenses who are in sama price ? All compare these new manual lenses always compare with much more expensive lenses, yes interesting see what "not get" for the price. But "we" who want to buy a lens in 100-300 dollars price range probably thinking about buy old manual vintage lens or a new manual lense. Can someone please make a comparison between old vintage manual lenses like 50mm f1.2-1.4 Pentax, Minolta, Canon or Nikon manual lense to new manual lenses.
Hey quick question to arthur or anyone else. I have a 6400 and want to upgrade from the kit lens. Would you recommend a zoom like the sigma 18-50 or a prime like the Sony 35mm/the sigma 30mm? Thanks!
I have the sigma 1.4 56mm and 16mm, but most of the time I end up using the Tamron 17-70 2.8, results are incredible for a zoom lens, it's super versatile and although bulky, it beats carrying multiple lenses and having to swap.
De-clicked aperture? Please tell Meike that lenses are for photography (I can spell it slowly if they are unused to the subject) and a de-clicked aperture ring is totally dead for most photographers, maybe videographers might want to pick it up, but the use of yet another 50mm when there are great lenses with AF is slight at best.
Please try to get it right. Take the time, do a wee bit of research, and understand where the term "Bokeh" comes from. It is not pronounced like a bouquet of flowers like you constantly misspeak. The term originated in Japan to reference the out of focus image aspects of a lens. It is pronounced "BOK-eh" not bouquet. In your very earliest videos you had the pronunciation correct but for some odd reason you changed. IT IS NOT BOUQUET!
As always the best channel for Sony APSC user.
thanks for the great video and your honesty.
as a canon DSLR APS C shooter, you don't know how much I would want something equivalent to these lenses 😭
it's a shame Canon didn't (and still isn't) create any really good quality glass for APS-C
I just got into photography in April and now I actually get excited when I see you post a lens review.
I have this Meike lens as well as the 35mm f1.4 and though I haven't used the 50mm much I LOVE the 35mm. it takes amazing sunset/rise pictures and it was less than a hundred dollars. very impressed with Meike lenses
wow, your portrait technic is getting better and better
Been waiting for reviews of this intriguing lens to come up and you nailed it! First one on the web as far as I can tell. Great job, thank you! Meike glass is great as usual
Hi Arthur, this is really interesting, because it looks almost exact the same to me as the 7artisans 50 0.95. Even optical construction seems to be identical. Maybe it has better coatings or you just got a good copy. Have you any idea? Thanks.
Would be nice to see how much of a vignette it shows on a full frame camera.
Thank you for interesting review of meike 50mm F0.95 and comparison to Ttartisan competitor. The pictures you took are so impressive.
Meike's optics is as good as always !
Great review, thanks! I have the Meike 10mm and I’m a fan. Excellent build and good optics.
its looks and specs are suspiciously similar to the 7artisans 50/0.95; however, it seems to perform much better wide open. with regard to the sigma 56, it would be interesting to see it added to the comparison with the meike and ttartisan both shot at 1.4
It's the same lens. Not sure why he didn't mention it.
@@ytskt I think the meike one looks more beautiful
@@cinelensgeeky3648 Agree. He took better photos this time.
However, these two lenses are almost exactly the same - no difference other than the focus ring (this one has diamond shaped knurling). Even the weight is exactly the same as the 7artisans variant! Also both have the same (strange) bell shaped bokeh in some photos.
I picked up this lens and the 7 artisans 35mm F1.4 about 6 months ago. I really thought I’d like the 7 artisans more but the Meike got so much character I love it and usually pickup the Meike before the 7 artisans. The 7 artisans is much sharper wide open but, with my 50mm stopped down to around 1.2-1.4 it becomes just as sharp with less CA.
If you’re not sure, just get it, for the price tag it’s worth it if you want a less clinically sharp look.
Thanks for this review. It's always good to see other options out there. In some respects, the quirks of the Meike lens is often sought out by filmmakers. Like when they use vintage lenses for their optical characteristics.
Was waiting for someone to review this lens as I am a huge manual lens fan. Great review!
How it compares vs the 7artisans 50mm 0.95? it seems to be the same lens
definitely a good lens to pursue as meike's quality never lets me down
7artisans 35mm 0.95 vs meike 50mm .95 ?
Thanks for answering my question! Yey the Meike is king of the 0.95 50s
Excellent video 😊!
I compared a Meike 50mm F/2 to a Rokinon 50mm F/1.2. I found that overall, the Meike is pretty much just as sharp. It's also smaller, but I've liked the fact that the aperture and focusing is manual, which means that they can be adjusted even with manual extension tubes for macro, but also if reversing the lens. The Rokinon, despite also being fully manual, is actually not manual to the same extent!
Despite being used before, with some scratches, it's possible I might've ended up with one of the better copies. That being said though it might not be consistent quality across many copies due to the manufacturing/quality control process, although one might hope that it not be true.
The old concept that you had to spend $4000 to get a superb lens changed about 4 years ago with the advent of CDC lens grinding and polishing machines with a one micron tolerance became available to lens makers. The same equipment that makes Lumix lenses is also used by Zeiss and Leica. Meike also use them. What took Leica a week to hand finish a lens can be done in an hour and the results are the same. Leica do have some secret sauce in the coatings though.
What about the light transmission? Is it really f/0.95?
Hi Arthur.
What do you thing, which will be better lens for apsc, 7artisans, ttartisans or meike 50mm 0.95 ?
Thx for answer.
That is surprising and intriguing
Please review new 85mm stm meike
Im waiting for this lens... still considering it for astro eventhough risking soft images
Looks almost identical to the 7artisans 50mm /0.95, but it does not seem to suffer from the same fog when shooting up close.
Very similar. The focus ring is better on this Meike.
@@ArthurR I've never had a problem with that, it's the optical fomula that interests me. The performance between 0.95 and 1.2-4 is so poor and the effect on exposure so insignificant, it poses the question whether it wouldn't be better to just cap it at 1.3 which is probably superior to the other Chinese 1.2-1.4 fixed manual lenses and not give false hope of 0.95. It sounds ridiculous that removing options would be pro-consumer but in this instance it might be.
I didn't expect to see you wearing a pagani. It's a great little watch!
Strange the highly rated Kamlan 50mm 1.1 II hardly gets a mention anywhere. Not even on this channel, where the lens got a very good review.
"If you like more of a challenge" - never wanted to make photography deliberately more hard work! Maybe an indoor gig with a band on stage in low light I might be tempted, but for that price, nope!
Thanks for the review! It would have been interesting to have this lens offered in Leica LTM mount, since there is an adapter that allows "autofocus" with LTM glass on Sony bodies. With AF and eye detection, I would happily shell out even 400 USD for this lens.
You have a Beautiful family sir. God bless!
Thanks for the sigma recommendation!
How does the sigma 56mm f1.4 compare to the viltrox 56mm f1.4?
I wonder how it compares to the 7Artisans version!
Have you tested it on fullframe by any chance? I know there will be vignetting. But is that completely black, without image behind it, or if it's just dark corners that I may be able to lighten a bit.
Which is the sharpest F0.95 lens you have used? There are quite a few Chinese ones out there each of which seems to have distinct characteristics
Vs 75 f1.2 what would you choose
Please compare with 7artisans 50mm f0.95 thank you
Hi there, what are the differences between this one and the 7Artisans one? As others have mentioned it looks as it is the same lens with some minor cosmetic changes on the inside. Do images differ? 🤔
I wish you had put the Meike and Sigma 56 lenses side by side. Are they same size (length)?
can it be used on full frame? just like ttartisans? with some small vigneting?
This lens looks suspiciously similair to the 7Artisans 50mm f0.95... 🤔
What an excellent channel!
Looks like there is relatively minor vignetting - someone tried how the full frame coverage is for video?
After this review, I bet they will send you more lens to test 😁
Haha maybe!
I think it's better to have somewhat a negative review than no review at all. A lot of the channels here on YT are somewhat biased anyways. Even if they were not, in real world application most modern lenses can produce great images even when printing relatively big. I mean, I see a lot of reviews where people don't recommend a lens and at the same time they show very good pictures shot with that particular lens.
Any reason this can't be used on a Full frame camera?
is it comparable with fujifilm?
F .095 is for sure a struggle to manual focus with.
Were all your samples shot wide open?
How does it compare versus 7artisans 50mm 0.95?
Hey Arthur, what lens are you using to film the meike at 1:33?
Is that compatable with Eos RP?
Interesting review Arthur. Especially your notes on the 56/50 for shooting. I have the Sigma 30 (the older 2.8) and also the full manual Neweer 35mm f1.7 and yeah.. that Neweer although its only a $100 it is a very good lens "if" you can nail the focus and compared to my older Sigma.. I actually think my Neweer is a lot superior in image quality once nailed.. Against the F1.4 sigma... yeah.. you can see the vast difference in quality that the Sigma offers. SO yeah.. nice review, on point and essentially.. if you want an easy life.. go 56mm or the sony 50.. if you want a challenge and some fun.. go manual.
Not too shabby, low-light performance coupled with bokeh might just Meike this lens worth it's price.
добрый день. видел на вашем канале обзор kamlan 50 f1.1 II. как думаете, какой лучше? kamlan или meike?
Kinda jealous this was the lense I’ve been looking at for months..amazing .95
What's your watch? Looks great
Is it the great PD 1701 V3?
The fuzzy concept word for blur is not pronounced "bo-kay". It is either "bo-keh" or "bok-eh". "Blur" is easier to say. When you say "bouquet balls" do you mean specular highlights?
Is it attachable to Sony a7iii?
How large is the difference between f.95 and f1.4 at night? Also I'm wondering if I should get the Sony f1.8 for its OSS
Quite big you have f1.2, f1.1, f1.0 in between. It's like comparing f2 vs f1.2?
All these new manual lenses for this price why no one compare it with old vintage lenses who are in sama price ? All compare these new manual lenses always compare with much more expensive lenses, yes interesting see what "not get" for the price. But "we" who want to buy a lens in 100-300 dollars price range probably thinking about buy old manual vintage lens or a new manual lense. Can someone please make a comparison between old vintage manual lenses like 50mm f1.2-1.4 Pentax, Minolta, Canon or Nikon manual lense to new manual lenses.
Look so much the same as 7artisans f0.95
Hey quick question to arthur or anyone else. I have a 6400 and want to upgrade from the kit lens. Would you recommend a zoom like the sigma 18-50 or a prime like the Sony 35mm/the sigma 30mm? Thanks!
I have the sigma 1.4 56mm and 16mm, but most of the time I end up using the Tamron 17-70 2.8, results are incredible for a zoom lens, it's super versatile and although bulky, it beats carrying multiple lenses and having to swap.
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I like this lens but I rely on auto focus so I will wait.
Another 50mm f/0.95 can show other results, because these lenses each, are not MTF controlled, before leaving the production plant!
What picture profile did u use pls?
No picture profile.
Only meike downside is the f stop has no clicks and easily moves for me
De-clicked aperture? Please tell Meike that lenses are for photography (I can spell it slowly if they are unused to the subject) and a de-clicked aperture ring is totally dead for most photographers, maybe videographers might want to pick it up, but the use of yet another 50mm when there are great lenses with AF is slight at best.
what mount?
Sony E
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Meh. 60° of focus ring rotation is practically unusable.
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plastic is plastic don't understand EXTREME Cheap... doesn't make you more PROFESIONAL
Same price, same weight, same features (built quality and optical qualities and defects) than the 7Artisans 50mm f/0.95. Sorry for my english!
Sigma 56 😂
not first
The images from this lens at .95 are not usable. It’s just a sales gimmick. I wish I can send mine back.
Max 150 usd, not worth more..
im too late to be first :(
First ! 😂
Winner winner!
@@ArthurR chicken dinner
super blurry
First here
Ooooh zuuut, another person were there
STOP putting the mic so close to your face it picks up all the gross wet mouth noises we make when speaking
Please try to get it right. Take the time, do a wee bit of research, and understand where the term "Bokeh" comes from. It is not pronounced like a bouquet of flowers like you constantly misspeak. The term originated in Japan to reference the out of focus image aspects of a lens. It is pronounced "BOK-eh" not bouquet. In your very earliest videos you had the pronunciation correct but for some odd reason you changed. IT IS NOT BOUQUET!