There used to be very few APS-C lenses for Canon RF and Nikon Z-mount. That's changed over the past two years.

The Brightin Star 50mm F/1.4 Autofocus lens is available on Amazon for $239 for Fuji X and Sony E mounts. The Nikon Z mount is available from the company website for $299.

Below are the results of our optical tests with the Sony A6000 and the bundled Sony E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS kit lens. The test images shown on most other pages of these test results were taken ...

Our Zeiss lenses have superior resolving power and are manual focus, making them an excellent choice for cinematography if you have enough hands to change lenses and camera setups during your shoot.

Bokeh is relaxed and pleasing to the eye, and 50mm lenses, certainly fast ones, do benefit from the ability to throw backgrounds out of focus. This is especially useful with portraiture.