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Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - toni-a - 08-29-2019
https://www.samyanglensglobal.com/en/m/product/product-view.php?seq=438
A tiny prime for mirrorless cameras more of them please
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - Klaus - 08-29-2019
Quite awesome. And it shows how much sense it makes to license the mount spec to third-party manufacturers.
And just $399!
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - Rover - 08-31-2019
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?
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - Brightcolours - 08-31-2019
(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).
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - JJ_SO - 08-31-2019
(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.
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - Rover - 09-19-2019
(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
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - Brightcolours - 09-19-2019
Confounding? The results look... as expected...
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - Klaus - 09-19-2019
That is on an A7 II though.
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - Rover - 09-20-2019
(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.
RE: Samyang 18mmf2.8 launched - Brightcolours - 09-20-2019
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.