Samyang 24mm F2.8 AF FE E-mount lens review by QuietOC
 QuietOC#44182 date: Nov-27-2018 | |
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| sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.2 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony DT 16-50 F2.8 SSM Rokinon 16 F2 Sony E 16 F2.8 Sigma 20 F1.8 EX DG HSM Sony E 20 F2.8 Minolta AF 20 F2.8 & RS Sigma 24 F1.8 EX DG HSM Sony Distagon 24 F2 ZA SSM Minolta AF 24 F2.8 Sigma AF 24 F2.8 II Discover/Neewer 25 F1.8 Sigma 28 F1.8 HS & EX DG Minolta MD & AF 28 F2 Sony FE 28 F2 Minolta/Sony AF 28 F2.8 Neewer 28 F2.8 |
| price paid: | 299 USD (new) |
| positive: | Compact and light Flat focus plane |
| negative: | Alignment issues Not very sharp wide-open |
| comment: | I ordered this Rokinon branded lens from Amazon after being impressed with the used 35mm F2.8 pancake. This lens is slightly larger and more expensive than the 35 mm. The first copy had an obvious alignment problem wide-open. The second and third copy were slightly better. I kept the sharpest copy of the three. This copy also had a somewhat wider angle-of-view. "MADE IN KOREA" The alignment issues are more noticeable on the A6000. On the A7II the image quality across the frame is more consistent than the old 24 mm primes. It also has much better image quality outside the center of the frame on the A7II than the Sony E 16 F2.8 on the A6000. The Distagon is definitely sharper over much of the frame, but has irregular curvature in the focus plane. Amazon shipped me three copies. It seems most wide-angle lenses suffer some amount of misalignment which is noticeable wide-open especially with small pixels--even relatively slow primes like this one. None of the copies gets very sharp in the center wide-open. I'd much rather carry around this little lens, than the enormous Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN C or Rokinon 16mm F2 APS-C lenses. I would like to see more small FE offerings like this and the 35mm F2.8. |
rating summary
- total reviews: 2
- sharpness: 4.25
- color: 5.00
- build: 4.00
- distortion: 4.00
- flare control: 4.00
- overall: 4.25