Rokinon Xeen XN85-C 85mm T1.5 Professional CINE Lens for Canon EF, Black

I've been a cinematographer for over a decade now. I've used everything from the cheapest plastic lenses to $60,000+ cine zooms. When Rokinon came out with their original line of "cine" lenses, I picked a few up and used them on several shoots. Their image quality was decent for lower budget shoots, but their build quality was a joke. The housings were made from plastic and I actually had a colleague drop one on accident from about 3 feet off the ground and it just broke into pieces.So when the Xeen's were announced I was skeptical. The price was far less than Zeiss or Canon for similar lenses, so the quality couldn't be on par, could it?The answer is an amazing YES! The build quality is very, very similar to the Zeiss CP's or the Canon CN-E's and the image quality is phenomenal. Shane Hurlbut does a fantastic series of tests/comparisons/reviews on the Xeen's which I highly recommend you watch before you buy. There is a *slight* green color cast to the lenses, but it's easily dealt with in post and comparable to how the CP's cool the image or the CN-E's warm it. The lenses are razor sharp, even wide open, which is crazy. The focus is buttery smooth and on the 85 the soft bokeh of the background is gorgeous.Highly recommended!

Amazing lens. This Xeen is beautiful and the 85 is no exception. Buttery bokeh and amazing engineering

It is everything I expected. I'm happy with it.

Great lens