Meike 55mm F1.4 APS-C AF X Mount STM Golden Portrait Prime Lenses | Standard Aperture Compatible Fujifilm Mirrorless Cameras

Budget lenses are improving at a fast rate and the Meike is definitely up there with the best of them. The This AF 55mm f1.4 for Fujifilm has been great fun to use and is super-sharp! I've used it for portraits and street photography [especially at night] and had some lovely results. Keen to get the 33mm version too!

The lens is incredibly sharp at f1.4 and the colour reproduction is amazing. Autofocus is reliable considering how bad the Fujifilm is. Totally recommend for the price. Nothing can beat this

I shoot professionally with another brand, and use Fuji for my more fun and personal stuff. As such, I don't love the idea of spending a fortune on Fujinon lenses, especially considering so many of them are showing their age at this point. I watch and research lenses a lot, and saw people talking about how high of a quality this lens from Meike is and thought I'd give it a shot. I mean, for the price why the heck not? A couple of things I noticed about it: -The build and feel of this lens is shockingly premium. Everything about the lens just feels great in the hand, and it looks like Canon's pro lenses at a quick glance. Starting off great! -Straight out of the box (and again, I'm on a Fuji [X-T5 to be specific]), and attaching it to my camera to test it and I will say that I felt like the autofocus left quite a bit to be desired. It hunted a ton and seemed to struggle to actually focus quickly or accurately, let alone hold onto focus while tracking. Uh oh. That isn't great. -I looked online and saw that there was already a firmware update for this lens, and that firmware is said to be for autofocus performance. Great, let's try that! I have a Mac, and as such every time I connected the lens using several different cables the lens was never discovered or seen by my laptop. Crap. Looking on their website it says that Windows should be used for firmware updates instead of Macs. Double crap. It's also worth noting that the firmware file will kick back a warning that it's insecure when you go to download it. If you don't trust it, then you won't be able to update your lens. I tried several different attempts then on the only Windows laptop in the house, and it still wasn't being seen by the computer, AT ALL. At this point, I was getting irritated, but figured I'd try one last thing. The lens's port is USB-C, and as most laptops these days have USB-C ports I was trying every USB-C cable I had to no avail. Being that the lens doesn't come with a cable, I was a bit out of luck so far. I eventually, in one last effort, tried a random USB-C to USB-A cable, and ALAS! The lens was finally seen by the Windows computer. The firmware was finally updated, and the lens was like a completely different lens. The autofocus now is incredibly fast, very accurate, and the lens is SUPER sharp. Quite honestly, I can't really tell any difference in sharpness or quality between this lens and lenses that are multitudes more expensive. I've never used a Meike lens before this one, but if they're this high of quality I am absolutely going to try more in the future (and am actually looking at some for my Sony bodies now). Very impressive, and very worth the money ONCE YOU UPDATE THE FIRMWARE. As a quick last note, I did then use an adapter (usb-a to usb-c) so that I could connect the lens through the usb-a cable to my mac out of curiosity, and the lens was finally seen by the mac and I was able to update the firmware with my mac without any issues. So, moral of the story - you oddly may need a USB-C to USB-A cable to update the firmware. Thanks for reading!

Objectif lumineux par sa grande ouverture. Donne de jolis bokeh crémeux en portraits ou en proxi (photos de fleurs etc...) Qualité optique impeccable sur mon Fujifilm X-T5 avec capteur 40MPix L'autofocus semble aussi réactif que sur mes optiques originales. Du moins en photo (pas testé en vidéo que je ne pratique pas) La qualité perçue en termes de fabrication et finitions est plus que satisfaisante. Les bagues de mise au point et de diaphragme (crantée) ont une manipulation parfaitement agréable. Très satisfait de mon achat. Je recommande pour un usage amateur.

Being a Fuji user, I've been used to certain things. A metal build, an aperture ring, amazing colours and wonderful sharpness. I'm giddy to say this has all those things. But on top of that, it's super light and also focuses faster than any Fuji lens I know, including ones with a linear motor. Comparing to lenses in the same price range and focal length, I can't think of one with autofocus that has anywhere close to the build quality of this Meike. The delicious bokeh you get from this f1.4 lens, and at this price, is ridiculous. Something this price shouldn't have so many things going for it. And on an X-T5, I was worried it wouldn't resolve to the same level as newer Fuji lenses, but it has held up its own very well. It really feels like a too good to be true lens. It's just very versatile. Can get close up portraits and product photos as well as scenic shots with no visible chromatic aberration. I'm looking forward to doing a lot more portrait work and take this on a trip with me. I don't think I'll be taking it off the camera anytime soon.