Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Telephoto Prime lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with
NX Mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Average |
| Sports | Good |
| Portrait | Excellent |
| Travel | Fair |
| Street | Average |
| Wedding | Very Good |
| Walk Around | Fair |
| Vlogging | Average |
| Landscape | Fair |
| Macro | Poor |
Lenses in Samsung NX Mount with Same Focal and Aperture Range
Reasons to Buy Samsung NX 85mm F1.4 ED SSA Lens
Here we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Samsung NX 85mm F1.4 ED SSA lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Autofocus |
| Distance Scale |
| DoF(Depth of Field) Scale |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Very Fast Aperture |
| 9 Diaphragm Blades |
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Lens Mount
Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA is compatible with cameras that have a Samsung NX lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Samsung NX lenses are Samsung NX1, Samsung NX3000 and Samsung NX30.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA has a maximum diameter of 79mm and total length of 92mm. It weighs 714g / 25.2 oz.
Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA has a filter thread of 67mm. Below are links to the filters that we recommend you to consider for your Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA:
Focal Range
Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA has a fixed focal length of 85mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 127.5mm when used on a APS-C / DX format camera.
Optical Image Stabilization
Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.13x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.82m. 0.13x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.
Aperture
Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA has a max aperture of F1.4 and a minimum aperture of F22.0.
Optical Formula
Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA's optical formula consists of 10 elements in 8 groups . Special elements used in this design is 1 ED glass element.
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Body Colour
Samsung 85mm F1.4 ED SSA is available in Black color.
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