Meike 33mm F1.4 Wide Angle APS-C AF STM(Stepping Motor) Lens Auto Focus Fixed Prime Lenses for Sony E Mount Mirrorless Cameras ZV-E10 ZVE10 II A6600 A6400 A5000 A5100 A6000 A6100 A6300 A6500 A6700

All the bokeh, less than half the price!
I considered the Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4, but for $599, I just couldn’t justify the cost. I’m a hobbyist photographer who is slowly building my collection of Z lenses after switching from DSLR to mirrorless. Given the cost of the Nikon line, I decided to give this Meike third party lens a try.I love it! I’m very pleased overall with the build quality, autofocus speed, and bokeh.Bokeh: Bokeh is unbelievable! I’ve been a photographer for about 20 years, and this is the lowest aperture lens that I’ve owned. I’ve had a couple of Nikon f/1.8 prime lenses and this surpasses those. The bokeh is very creamy and helps highlight the subject. I’ve used this for some portraits and love how I can isolate the person to effectively eliminate any distractions in the background.Build Quality: The build quality is excellent! Made mostly of metal with plastic where necessary. The main part of the body is metal as is the aperture ring. All of my lenses do NOT have aperture rings, so this is an added bonus. The ring locks into place with each change of aperture. This adds to the quality and functionality of the lens. The lens looks modern and has some cool red accents. Lastly, the lens is heavy enough to feel sturdy, but light enough to carry around your neck all day at weddings and portait shoots without being a burden.Autofocus: The focus is quick and snappy. It works perfectly with the Nikon Z6ii that I have, as well as on my Z30. I pumped up the ISO and shutter speed for some camping photos and was surprised at how good things look given the lighting. I’ve also used this for some action shots (mostly my kids playing) and am very pleased with the ability of the Meike lens to focus quickly and with the sharpness of all my photos.If you’re looking for a great alternative to the Nikon 35mm f/1.4, get this! It was about 40% of the price, but still works just as well. I’m excited to continue to try the Meike line of Nikon Z lenses. The quality is amazing and the price is just right to help me transition all of my lenses to Z mount.

Big Value APS-C lens for the Nikon Z system
Meike 33mm F1.4 lens for Nikon Z system.This an APS-C lens primarily for use with the Nikon Z crop sensor camera bodies (ZfC,Z50,Z30) although it will work with other Z cameras in crop mode too.The 33mm APS-C lens gives a field of view equivalent to a 50mm lens on a full frame camera which has long been a goto favorite focal length and good value lens for DSLR cameras.The full frame Nikon 35mm f1.8 lens is several times the price of this lens and Nikon have not released an equivalent lower cost crop frame alternate, so it is good to see this sub $250 lens from Meike and even better that it is an F1.4 lens to give shallower depth of field and better subject separation.One of the images shows the Meike lens between the slower Nikon 40mm f2 and 35mm f1.8 full frame lenses for a size comparison.A 33mm APS-C lens a good general purpose walk around focal length for a range of subjects and sharpness is good even at the corners (for example on the bridge image) when stopped down a bit for landscape images .I found sharpness in the center to be great even wide open at F1.4.The f1.4 is really useful for low light and indoor use enabling the use of faster shutter speeds . In bright light outside I found it useful to shoot at smaller apertures or use a polarizer or ND filter to keep below the 1/4000sec shutter speed limit of the Nikon Z30.When walking about, I really liked using the clicked aperture ring to select my desired depth of field and see what it was set to, before ever bringing the camera up to my face. If needed, the aperture ring can be set to ‘A’ and it will then be controlled automatically by the camera. Autofocus worked very well in all situations.The build quality seems great with the lens hood connecting firmly and a USB-C port on the underside for firmware updates.SummaryValue is excellent especially for a fast f1.4 aperture: 5/5 recommendation

The sharpest lens at this price pointThe lens is light weight perfect for mounting it on a gimbalEye AF is amazing even at far distanceI am super happy with the performanceNo chromatic Aberration at f1.4The colour rendering is beautiful for someone who wants to create beautiful cinematic videos and picturesTotally recommend

I had zero problems with the build and handling.Autofocus is ok, stm motors can only do so much with this system and while not perfect, it got the job done. It performs pretty well in video shooting, focus breathing is almost excellent.Sharpness is the centre is very good but the corners don’t really get better until around f2.8 onwards. The best image is probably around f5.6 but you can really have a good time shooting wide open at f1.4.Colour Rendering is very good as is contrast is pretty good. Chromatic Aberration is rather present until around f2.8 and Distortion is minimal and fixable. Vignetting is minor wide open. That improves as soon as you stop down. Flare is present but not too bad at all. Bokeh is not perfect, and was never going to be perfect but it’s perfectly useable.Overall, I am not disappointed at this budget and this will replace my other budget 33mm lens now.