If you're a photographer, I'm sure you've heard of Yongnuo. They are a Chinese company that’s known for making cheaper third-party alternatives to pricier camera gear. They're more known for their lighting equipment and various accessories but the company is now branching into a different market that is completely new to them, lenses.
The company has announced their first ever lens, a 50mm f/1.4. Yes, it does look almost identical to the Canon 50mm f/1.4.
According to Yongnuo, this would be the first large aperture autofocus lens made in China. The new lens, while looking almost identical to the Canon, does have one significant difference: an old DC AF motor, while the Canon has the newer ultrasonic silent AF motor technology. Another noteable difference, the Yongnuo appears to have a plastic lens mount, where the Canon’s is metal.
Yongnuo 50mm F/1.4 Lens Specs
- Lens Focal Length: 50mm
- Lens Construction: 6 Group 7
- Aperture blades: 8
- Minimum aperture: 22
- Closest focusing distance: 0.45 m
- Maximum magnification: 0.15 times
- Drive System: DC motors
- Filter diameter: 58mm
- Maximum diameter and length: about Φ75 × 58mm
- Weight: 239g
- The first China-made auto-focus lens;
- f/1.4 large aperture, can be the subject looks delicate and soft, and easily bokeh make photography even more fun;
- Supports auto focus and manual focus modes;
- Equipped with full-time manual focus function, auto focus can easily fix the focus position;
- Support M / AV / TV / P and other camera shooting mode, the aperture can be displayed in the EXIF data information;
- Support for full-frame and APS-C format camera;
- Using two high refractive lenses, effectively reduce and prevent dispersion.
