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This Samyang is very well built with a dream finish. Tested on Nikon D5100, APS-C format, optically is very good but at the same aperture, under f/4, is not better than my Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2, on almost all the frame. The differences are almost negligible, observing details at 200% The Zeiss (new), only in the corners, show details slightly muddy, as out of focus, while the Samyang in the corners offers the sharpest details. Probably the Zeiss have more field curvature, but only far from the center. Wide open and until f/2.8, the coma aberration are similar, very low for both, perhaps the Samyang is a little better at the same apertures. I am a little perplexed by the not so good transparency of the lenses, with little yellow colour, they are not really crystal clear, exactly as the others Samyang, 85/1.4 and 14/2.8, when you look at them with a close back placed flashlight. The Zeiss is much clearer. Despite this, that surprised me more is that to get the same exposure level, both lenses setted at the same aperture, with the Zeiss you must prolong the exposure time of about 70%. In other words the Samyang, setted at the same aperture, appear to be brighter than the Zeiss, brighter of about 2/3 stop.Read full review
Excellent 3rd party lens better than some originals. Only thing is the lack of auto focus which if you know how to manually focus is not an issue.
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I use the Samyang 35mm F1.4 lens on my Sony A7r via a 'dumb' adaptor. The images it produces are very sharp when properly focused and the falloff and background bokeh is excellent. The images have a character which is different from my Zeiss lenses but not necessarily better or worse. The images are quite pleasing. Physically the lens is very well built. The focus throw is just the right length and is very smooth to rotate. This results in easy and quick focusing however a little bit of practice is required. On the negative side the aperture ring is quite small and because of its location, I sometimes had trouble finding it it. A slightly forward location or even perhaps a different texture would make it a lot easier to use. At any price this is an excellent lens and is well recommended. However to get this kind of quality at 1/3 or less the price of a similar lens from a mainstream brand is simply astonishing.Read full review
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