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    Yongnuo YN 85 mm f/ 1.8
    Yongnuo YN 85 mm f/ 1.8

    Yongnuo YN 85 mm f/ 1.8

    85mm · f/1.8

    Overview

    The Yongnuo YN 85mm f/1.8 is a compact, lightweight portrait lens offering impressive center sharpness wide open, especially on high-resolution sensors. However, it suffers from significant lateral chromatic aberrations, soft corners, and visible vignetting. Build quality is decent for the price with a metal mount and USB-C firmware updates, but autofocus is slow, noisy, and unreliable on some cameras. Manual focus feels imprecise. It suits budget-conscious stills photographers using DSLRs who prioritize center sharpness and don't need fast, quiet AF or edge-to-edge performance.