Samyang 135mm F2 ED UMC E-mount lens reviews
reviews found: 3
 Chrisblobster#47015 date: Jun-26-2024 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 135mm f/2.8 (t/4.5) STF Minolta 80-200mm f/2.8 APO HS G Definitely a step up over both those lenses for aberration control, CA etc, but the STF still has the best bokeh (in the world!) |
| price paid: | $350 NZD |
| positive: | Tack sharp at f/2 with only tiny hint of softness and aberrations in the corners, but at f/2.8-4 the corners clean up to reveal stunning sharp night sky images. Also does a very fine job of portraits, flowers, bigger bugs etc, with nice bokeh |
| negative: | Not much to complain about other than it should probably come with a collar for mounting near the COG as it is very front heavy - I had to buy a lens collar from a bits bin at the local camera store, and carefully shim the inside of the collar until it would fit and attach firmly on a bit of free real estate between the aperture ring and FE mount extension |
| comment: | I scored this for a bargain price, about 1/3rd what was being asked of new ones. It's a wonderful lens for my tracked astrophotography, a good focal length and with the excellent control over aberrations, super sharpness across the frame, and fairly lightweight, it pairs extremely well with my Sony A7Rii on a Skywatcher tracking mount to produce great light frames for stacked deep sky object photos. Bravo Samyang! |
; 24MP| tekwizard#44348 date: Aug-15-2019 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony 135 STF Minolta 135 2.8 pocket rocket Miolta 80-200 2.8 HS |
| price paid: | 400 Eur |
| positive: | Sharp Good bokeh CAs very well controlled |
| negative: | Nothing really, but I don't like the mount converter piece they used for e-mount |
| comment: | An excellent lens for the price. In all aspects (except obviously AF and size) better than the Minolta pocket rocket, especially CAs. However, the STF is slightly sharper and while the Samyangs bokeh is good it can't compete with the STF. |
| LucD#39936 date: Sep-20-2017 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | This lens is unique. It cant be compared to any other lens at the same focal because it is a manual one. |
| price paid: | 500 USD (New) |
| positive: | Excellent sharpness even wide open. Excellent bokeh at f/2. Great focus ring. |
| negative: | None. |
| comment: | I have used this lens on a Sony A65, on A7r and now I use it on A7r II. It is a great manual lens. Bonus: work very well with Sony TC FE 1.4x et 2x, manually, of course. |
reviews found: 3
rating summary
- total reviews: 3
- sharpness: 5.00
- color: 4.67
- build: 4.33
- distortion: 5.00
- flare control: 5.00
- overall: 4.80
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