Samyang AF 35mm F1.4 Autofocus Lens for Sony FE

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Your sample of lens and sample of camera will probably vary; be sure to test it before you go off shooting.

Sharpness for portraits is good wide open and you see a clear boost by closing at F2.8, very good rendering for skin tones and the right level of contrast I can sell my Tamron 28-75 for almost 85-90% price of I bought, but the resell value of Samyang lenses is significantly lower. I think this represents the general perception of Samyang lenses; used Samyang lenses have bad centering quality or some other problem. Chromatic aberrations are kept well under control, only exceeding 0.5 pixel widths in size towards the edges at f/11 and beyond. This low level of fringing should pose few issues, even in very large prints, or harsh crops from the edges of the frame. Of course, regardless of technical tests, how photographers gel with a lens is the critical thing. To find out more about using the Samyang lenses in professional photography, John Riley went over to see people photographer Jayce Clarke at his studio in Leigh, Greater Manchester. Even pointed directly into the sun (I have my blind neighbor do this for me), ghosts are still nearly nonexistent.brought further recognition, with the iF Design Award (AF lens) and the Korean Government naming Samyang a World Class 300 Enterprise. The company also became listed on the KOSDAQ exchange. In fact, the performance difference between the Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE and the higher-priced options can be rather negligible in a wide manner of ways.

L’ergonomie est bonne avec un bouton de maintien de mise au point paramétrable sur le boitier et un commutateur de mode qui permet de basculer la bague de mise au point en une bague d’ouverture sans clics très pratique en vidéo. Malheureusement pas de bouton AF/MF 1.2 AF performance / Performances AF Samyang has been relatively quiet in recent years, but the company’s recent spate of lens launches has seen some very interesting offerings. Our initial impressions are that these lenses are generally well made, and offer very impressive optical quality at a staggeringly affordable price. Si vous recherchez une option plus abordable tout en restant compact alors voici d’autres 35mm (<700 euros) par ordre de préférenceThe Samyang AF 35/1.4 FE delivers surprisingly good optical performance for its very affordable price. Sure, flare resistance is below average and it shows quite a bit of CA and distortion is also a little above average but it can compete with the significantly more expensive Sony ZA 1.4/35 and also the still more expensive Sigma 1.4/35 which aren’t perfect either.

I thought about switching to Fuji (because of size, weight, handling) and their 23mm 1.4, which was tighter in FOV than the Samyang (compared on a tripod) and produced the look of 2.0-2.2, or the Sigma stopped down even further. For environmental portraits, that‘s unfortunately not enough for my taste. You can place the eye of your subject freely anywhere in the frame and expect very good results from wide open. A very good performance. Alternatives See the FE-List to compare it to more lenses The Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE has not given me strife in these conditions, but at times it has had its struggles.

Sony Alpha 7R IV, Samyang AF 35mm F1.4 FE II, 1/200sec at F1.4, ISO 100. Image credit: Andy Westlake The Samyang AF 35mm F1.4 FE II represents good value for Sony full-frame users. Image credit: Andy Westlake