https://www.samyanglensglobal.com/en/m/product/product-view.php?seq=438
A tiny prime for mirrorless cameras more of them please
Quite awesome. And it shows how much sense it makes to license the mount spec to third-party manufacturers.
And just $399!
Compact... Wide... Fast... Cheap... Am I the only one to think that there may be a gotcha in the IQ department because, well, of physics?
(08-31-2019, 10:25 AM)Rover Wrote: [ -> ]Compact... Wide... Fast... Cheap... Am I the only one to think that there may be a gotcha in the IQ department because, well, of physics?
f2.8 is not amazingly fast, so I don't think there has to be a gotcha? And Samyang has some optical talent at work, the last few years (that started to show with the 135mm f2).
(08-31-2019, 10:25 AM)Rover Wrote: [ -> ]...Am I the only one to think that there may be a gotcha in the IQ department because, well, of physics?
Yep, you are.

(08-31-2019, 05:18 PM)JJ_SO Wrote: [ -> ] (08-31-2019, 10:25 AM)Rover Wrote: [ -> ]...Am I the only one to think that there may be a gotcha in the IQ department because, well, of physics?
Yep, you are.

Well, EPZ did review it and the results look... Confounding.
https://www.ephotozine.com/article/samyang-af-18mm-f-2-8-fe-lens-review-33999/performance
Confounding? The results look... as expected...
That is on an A7 II though.
(09-19-2019, 10:04 AM)Brightcolours Wrote: [ -> ]Confounding? The results look... as expected...
Too good to be true. Well, there's only one way to find out.

The complex optical design and the small-ish max aperture (and some other Samyang designs from the last few years) make that I expect this little lens to perform well.