Yongnuo 35mm F 1 8 Art Bewertung | 54 Daten im Vergleich

The Yongnuo YN 35mm F1.8S DA ART is a sharp, budget-friendly APS-C prime lens priced at $129 USD, available for Sony E-mount with plans for Fuji X and Nikon Z formats. Providing a "normal" 52.5mm full-frame equivalent field of view, it features a more robust, elongated metal body (79.9mm long) compared to rivals like the Viltrox 35mm F1.7. The lens delivers a notable improvement in optical glass quality over previous Yongnuo lineups, keeping distortion low, vignetting manageable, and longitudinal chromatic aberrations excellently controlled—a major fix from older models. Its autofocus is driven by a quiet stepping motor that ensures precise eye tracking for both human and animal subjects, a performance that becomes smooth and reliable for video recording after applying a necessary firmware update. However, the lens has several drawbacks, starting with the reviewer's dislike of Yongnuo's "ART" branding, which borrows unearned reputation from Sigma's famous series. On the hardware side, the manual focus ring feels rough and has a highly non-linear, speed-sensitive throw that complicates smooth adjustments, and the lens completely lacks physical controls like an AF/MF toggle or...

In his review, Dustin Abbott evaluates the Yongnuo YN 35mm F1.8S DA ART, a budget-friendly prime lens priced at $129 USD designed specifically for APS-C mirrorless cameras (available for Sony E, Fuji X, and Nikon Z mounts). Abbott highlights Yongnuo's shift away from its past derivative copycat models toward independent optical development. However, he strongly critiques the choice to adopt the "ART" moniker, a naming convention clearly borrowed from Sigma's famous 2012 lineup. Despite the branding controversy, Abbott notes that the lens targets optical performance over features and is the first entry in an upcoming series of affordable APS-C primes. The lens stands out for its impressive price-to-performance ratio and elevated construction standards. Pros include a robust and upscale build featuring a metal lens body and a weather-sealing gasket at the mount, alongside a silent autofocus system. Optically, it delivers excellent sharpness across the frame, remaining highly capable of producing sharp images even when shot wide open at F1.8. On the downside, cons focus heavily on the highly saturated market where it faces fierce competition from cheap rival Chinese brands—such...