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Korean lens maker Samyang (also sold as Rokinon in some markets) has had a bifurcated approach to lens development on Sony’s FE (full frame mirrorless platform). They have released (at this point) a traditional trinity of wide aperture F1.4 primes (35, 50, and 85mm – all of which I’ve reviewed if you click the link [&helli [Read more...]
The Samyang AF 18mm F2.8 is a welcome addition to Samyang’s “Tiny Series” of lenses. It’s wonderfully compact (60mm long) and weighs only 145g, and yet covers a prime focal length for landscapes, astrophotography, and other wide angle work with a reasonably bright maximum aperture. If the opti [Read more...]
When Canon released the Canon EOS R full frame mirrorless camera last year it arrived with a fair bit of controversy. There were some key areas where Canon lagged behind the competition despite offering some innovation in other areas. My consensus (largely echoed by other reviewers) was that there was a lot of potent [Read more...]
When Canon released the Canon EOS R full frame mirrorless camera last year it arrived with a fair bit of controversy. There were some key areas where Canon lagged behind the competition despite offering some innovation in other areas. My consensus (largely echoed by other reviewers) was that there was a lot of potent [Read more...]
It feels like Samyang AF has finally arrived…at least on the Sony FE platform! For decades Samyang was limited to producing manual focus only lenses, but a few years back they started to try their hands at the more complicated business of autofocus lenses. The first of these that I reviewed (Samyang AF 50mm F1. [Read more...]
Samyang has previously released a couple of very compact autofocusing prime lenses for Sony, though with only moderately wide maximum apertures of F2.8. People loved the size of the lenses, but the autofocus systems were not always quite there. Fast forward to 2019 where Samyang has just hit a home run with the AF 85 [Read more...]
The Samyang AF 85mm F1.4 for Sony FE has been one of the lenses I’ve been most excited about in 2019 since Samyang told me it was coming. Why? On a personal note, because I’ve been wanting a good portrait lens for Sony. I’ve been adapting the Tamron SP 85mm F1.8 VC lens, which is a [&hell [Read more...]
The Samyang AF 85mm F1.4 for Sony FE has been one of the lenses I’ve been most excited about since Samyang told me it was coming. Why? On a personal note, because I’ve been wanting a good portrait lens for Sony. I’ve been adapting the Tamron SP 85mm F1.8 VC lens, which is a nice […] [Read more...]
