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Yongnuo 35mm F/2 Review for Nikon F Mount | vs Nikon 50mm f/1.8

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  • čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
  • Camera gear is (usually) expensive. But what about cheap lenses? Are they good enough for casual shooting, or even portrait shoots?
    This review of the Yonguo 35mm f/2 lens for Nikon F mount will help you decide whether it's good enough for your purposes, or if you need to pony up the extra bucks for the name brand version.
    Here's a (non-affiliate) link to the lens in Nikon F mount on B&H: www.bhphotovid...
    Here's the same lens but for Canon EF mount (non-affiliate link): www.bhphotovid...
    Thanks for watching my review, if you've read this far into the description, then please like and subscribe!! :D

Komentáře • 47

  • @DamianKleiman
    @DamianKleiman Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great video! I just subscribed and subscriber count went from 999 to 1000.. so congrats!

  • @willemdebeer2507
    @willemdebeer2507 Před 8 měsíci

    So glad you solved the lens hood problem. I had that same issue. Even though I do not use the lens a lot, I do like to have lens hoods for all my gear. The guy I bought it from gave me one that screws in and told me, there are no proper lens hoods for this lens.

  • @lego_minifig
    @lego_minifig Před 2 lety +2

    Got mine back when it was around $80 new. This was my go to prime on my budget 2000D. It was the perfect indoor lens for my cropped sensor. It basically was my go to lens for webcam use throughout Covid. Finally moving on to mirrorless and some faster primes, but I doubt I will get rid of this little guy and keep it as a backup.
    On another note, you can get good 3D printers for as low as $250 (like the ender 3). Got mine awhile back just because I thought the tech was cool, but it has come in clutch so many times for custom/niche storage organizers, camera gear, and other miscellaneous designs that it has paid for itself. In just a couple of hours I can find a lens cap or hood and have it printed. Have a cheap flash that doesn’t have a defuser? I can design one with simple tools like tinkerCAD and next to no experience and have it printed within 3-4 hours. That hood would probably cost 20 cents in materials and be printed within 3 hours. Sure it’s not the same quality, but for in this price range, does it need to be?

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před 2 lety

      Yeah, for a $80-100 lens, a 3D printed lens hood sounds pretty good! I did end up selling the Yongnuo 35mm in favor of the Nikon 35mm, but it was a good lens for awhile to start learning how to use the 35mm focal length.

    • @marcp.1752
      @marcp.1752 Před rokem

      @@DylanLiveLifeCreative I am shooting 35mm since the late 80's, it's my fave focal length. :)

  • @goldeneggduck
    @goldeneggduck Před 4 měsíci

    "Full time manual-focus" feature was a relatively recent thing, not the norm, if you live long enough.

  • @boltmann
    @boltmann Před 10 měsíci +2

    4:14 The first video I'm watching from this guy but I just love him!
    Not in a weird way though.

  • @Fokus_1977
    @Fokus_1977 Před rokem +1

    I know the auto focus is not the best but if using in manual for landscape do you think it’s sharp???

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před rokem +1

      It'll get pretty okay, sharpness-wise, if you get it up around f/5.6-f/11. It's not going to be as good as a more expensive lens obviously but it'll do if you're trying to save money

  • @VapeZone69
    @VapeZone69 Před 5 měsíci

    I have a Nikon D5300 and I’m learning photography and more specifically brand photography would this be any good for that?

  • @deakzoltan2714
    @deakzoltan2714 Před rokem +1

    I just wondered when you snapped the hood on from the 50mm, why you haven't mentioned anything about it vignetting or not on the 35.... 😄

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před rokem +1

      Hmmm good point. The hood from the 50mm does not cause any vignetting on the 35mm lens though 👍

  • @marcp.1752
    @marcp.1752 Před rokem +1

    Hi Dylan, i know this lens since 2016, it was being released for around 85-90 bucks. My question would be, since there's no USB port, i guess there's no chance simply to upgrade lens firmware, couldn't see anything at Yongnuo either way. The question is only, does this lens work onto the Nikon F80/N80, F100 ?

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před rokem

      I'm not familiar with those cameras in particular, but this lens should physically fit on to the camera bodies since Nikon has kept the same lens mount since like the '60s (until, of course, the new Z mount mirrorless cameras).
      The next questions is, will it autofocus? If the camera bodies have their own internal focusing motors, the answer should be yes because this Yongnuo is built with the focusing lever that the older cameras used to adjust focus on the lens.
      Then finally, auto-exposure. The Yongnuo does have the proper chip to communicate f-stop to my D750, but it does not have an aperture control ring that the older Nikon film cameras depended on for your control of f-stop. I don't know if the camera bodies you mentioned have the ability to control f-stop or read f-stop in the same way as the D750.

    • @marcp.1752
      @marcp.1752 Před rokem

      @@DylanLiveLifeCreative OK Dylan, i know that all, shooting since 84 since i was a kid. I was asking, *if* especially this Yongnuo YN35 F2 Nikon version is focusing onto a N80 for instance - because, it should by design focus on any DSLR with a screwdrive AF motor in body, but it doesn't. that's the case. No offense, all good.
      /edit I do know the D750, it's an older 24 MP DSLR from 2014, and it was the Nikon D700 successor since then. I am onto Canon and Sony, when it comes to native 35mm Sensor format, but not Nikon. Nikon, i am only using via old AF SLRs, and 35mm Film, hence F60, F65, F75, F80, F90x & finally F100. ;) Because, i've bought them all back into their heyday, when it was the current 35mm AF Nikon SLR. Of course, the Yongnuo doesn't have an Aperture ring, like the old AF-D Series, which i personally dislike. Since i've been grown up with a 35mm Film SLR, and 50/1.7, 35/2.8 prime lens, with aperture rings, and then you've to learn the exposure triangle first, ASA/ISO , aperture & shutterspeed into correlation to each other. All good, i've bought this lens cheap 2nd hand, will test it onto my F80/N80 SLR. :)

  • @joaomor10
    @joaomor10 Před 2 lety +1

    Enjoyed this video, great production quality too!

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před 2 lety

      Thanks, I appreciate it! Thanks for the comment on the production quality. Setting up nice shots is a struggle!

  • @mackov5282
    @mackov5282 Před 2 lety +1

    I have little problems with this lens. Autofosus works, but a picture is not sharp as I want it. Any ideas...? 😭

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah i hear ya...well for one, it's just not a very well-made lens. It's made to be cheap, and so it's also not terribly sharp, especially wide open. The best advice I can give is to stop down the aperture to f/2.8 or more to get it sharp

    • @mackov5282
      @mackov5282 Před 2 lety

      @@DylanLiveLifeCreative thanks pal... 👍 And subscribed.

  • @khaijasmi2959
    @khaijasmi2959 Před 2 lety +2

    you deserve more subscribers . so yah , +1 for this awesome video

  • @cwkronenberg9838
    @cwkronenberg9838 Před 6 měsíci

    The Ch are quite good at cloning, ok. It's what sets them apart - Mark Bennet rates the quality of the Yongnuo 85 f/1.8 as perhaps "the best kept secret" in the photography world. Yep! It beats high-enders like Nikkor & Sony 85 mm f/1.8, and at less than half those price tags. The Ch say - this is a special service they provide for ordinary folks out there - accessibility! others of course call it theft. Interesting. great presentation & tks! for sharing. Ps: the motor mechanism on my newly arrived Y 35mm f/2 only lasted for a couple of shoots; unfortunately, and quite disappointing! but manual focus makes up for this disaster; Seems the Ch have since upped the cloning game? mmm?

  • @williamhooper3130
    @williamhooper3130 Před rokem +1

    love my yongnuo 50. its a workhorse to be honest. i'd say its 98% to nikon's 1.8 50.

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před rokem

      I'd agree with that. The Nikon is maybe a little more well-built, but as long as you're not banging it around it'll probably be fine

  • @elle2107
    @elle2107 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for this review! Could I use this with the Nikon D3300?

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před 2 lety

      Yep. The D3300 is a crop sensor camera, so it'll have a narrower field of view than if using this lens on a full-frame camera liked I showed in the video, but it'll function just fine

  • @LaistyleVlogs
    @LaistyleVlogs Před rokem

    How do you open/clean the frontal lens? My lens already building up fungus and it's hard for me to open the front lens. No tutorial on CZcams.

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před rokem

      I have no idea, haha. I've never tried maintenance on any lenses, or even sent in any lenses for professional repair

  • @francisenaje
    @francisenaje Před rokem +1

    Does the yongnuo have ois?

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před rokem

      Unfortunately nope. I assume they didn't include it in order to cut down on cost

  • @ibmmotion7693
    @ibmmotion7693 Před rokem +1

    This lens work with Canon 6d ???

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před rokem

      There is a Canon EF version of this lens, yes, just be sure you're purchasing the version for Canon mount! :)

  • @ja_s.atienza
    @ja_s.atienza Před rokem +1

    do you still use it, the 35mm?

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před rokem

      I use a Nikon 35mm f/1.8 now. I bought the Yongnuo because it was cheap and I just wanted to see if I would like that focal length or not. I ended up selling the YN for about 80% of the purchase price

  • @summerraj1746
    @summerraj1746 Před 2 lety +1

    Can i use this lens with nikkon D5600?

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před 2 lety

      Yep. The D5600 is a crop sensor camera, so it'll have a narrower field of view than if using this lens on a full-frame camera liked I showed in the video, but it'll function just fine

  • @unknowngamers4506
    @unknowngamers4506 Před 2 lety +1

    hi loved the vid can i use this for nikon d80

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před 2 lety

      This lens will fit on the D80; I don't know if it will autofocus, however. The Yongnuo depends on the camera body having an autofocus motor, and I don't know if the D80 does

    • @prenosi7496
      @prenosi7496 Před rokem

      @@DylanLiveLifeCreative work without problem.D80 will work with old nikon lenses without motor.I have as a spare body.

  • @adelkhalil4339
    @adelkhalil4339 Před 2 lety +1

    So what about bokeh with this lens?

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před 2 lety

      It's about what you'd expect from a $100 lens. Not amazing but not bad either. There's some distortion of the shape of light points in the corners, the cats-eye effect

  • @MrSimonj1970
    @MrSimonj1970 Před 2 lety +2

    Do yourself a favour and buy a beaten up old Nikkor 35mm f2 D - much better in every way and not much more money.

    • @DylanLiveLifeCreative
      @DylanLiveLifeCreative  Před 2 lety +1

      Yep, another great choice, and probably better than this one. I had bought the YN35 just to see it I liked the 35mm focal length, without investing much. I did get a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G some months later