Samyang 14mm F2.8 ED AS IF UMC A-mount lens review by tgx78
 tgx78#8380 date: Dec-9-2010 | |
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| sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 3 flare control: 4 overall: 4.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | 17-35D 16-35ZA 20mm 2.8 |
| price paid: | 400 CDN (new) |
| positive: | very sharp even wide open neutral color low price |
| negative: | distortion no AF confirm |
| comment: | This lens is hard to master but really rewards you with sharp and detailed images once you learn how to use it. Full manual control really makes you think before each shots are taken. I correct distortion with PTLens in CS5 but still there are trace of diagonal distortion if you are not careful about composition. Let's talk about sharpness.. this lens is one amazing pixel resolving machine! At f/2.8, 80% of image field is already sharp! around f/5.6 almost 95% coverage becomes sharp - truly outstanding. negatives - mounting filters can be challenging. flare control is bad, and as I said earlier.. barrel distortion with a mustache-style sub-frequency. |
; 14MPrating summary
- total reviews: 19
- sharpness: 4.74
- color: 4.58
- build: 4.47
- distortion: 3.63
- flare control: 4.16
- overall: 4.32