Meike 85mm F1.8 Review: The Best Nikon Portrait Lens under $200.- ?

Meike 85mm F1.8 review for the Nikon Z mount and how good is this Nikon portrait lens considering it costs less than $200, £200 or €250. How could this possibly be any good?
Now considering this is an 85mm F1.8 AutoFocus lens that's just nuts...

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I take you through all of it's good points and bad points and ask is this a diamond or a disaster of a lens?

I have to say initially I wasn't sold on this 85mm F1.8 lens as how could anything this cheap possibly be ok? Surely this was going to be a disaster but thats where I admit I was wrong and for the right people this lens is pure gold.

You can find my blog post below on the Meike 85mm F1.8 review for the Nikon Z mount below where I will be adding more photographs and also some RAW files for you to download very soon.
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It has bucket loads of character, it's sharp and gives you amazing sunburst and all for less than $200, £200 or €250. I know that's nuts right?

So join me as I do this Meike 85mm F1.8 lens review and put it to the test on my Nikon Z8.

0:00 Intro
0:56 Unboxing the Meike 85mm F1.8
1:44 First Impressions
2:32 AF/MF switch
2:52 Mounting the Lens on the Nikon Z8
3:38 Lens Hood for the Meike 85mm F1.8
4:04 How it feels in the hand.
4:50 First slight issue.
5:15 Who is the Meike 85mm F1.8 lens for?
6:05 First Photographs with the Meike 85mm F1.8
6:27 Depth of field at different apertures.
6:49 Vignetting and distortion on the Meike 85mm F1.8 lens
7:04 Corner sharpness
7:36 Chromatic Aberration
8:08 Light leak on the Meike 85mm F1.8
8:57 Final thoughts on the Meike 85mm F1.8 lens after testing it.
9:23 This lens is not as good as the Nikon equivilent and why.
10:18 How good is the Auto Focus on the Meike 85mm F1.8?
10:46 Image Quality on the Meike 85mm F1.8
11:21 Sunbursts on the Meike 85mm F1.8
11:53 This lens has Charachter...
12:15 Things that annoyed me about the Meike 85mm F1.8
12:54 That lens hood...
13:26 Hand noise from this lens...
13:58 Would I buy this lens?
14:27 Advantages of this lens
14:57 Final Conclusion on the Meike 85mm F1.8
15:30 Outro and what do you think?