Samyang 14 / 2,8 IF ED MC Aspherical

31 reviews

Jun, 2013

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We have collected and analyzed 4 expert reviews and 27 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 80/100 and users rate it 86/100. The average review date is Oct 28, 2011. We have compared these reviews to 124913 reviews from other Lenses & Filters. Last update: Jun 19, 2013.

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Expert review by: (ephotozine.com)

Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC Lens Review

This budget manual focus ultra-wide angle lens, offers a diagonal angle of view of 114 degrees on a full frame camera and a bright f/2.8 maximum aperture, Gary Wolstenholme reviews.

Extremely inexpensive; Excellent sharpness in the centre at f/2.8 and across the frame when stopped down to f/5.6 or beyond; Good build; Relatively lightweight; Extremely low CA levels

No hyperfocal scale or hard infinity stop

Jul, 2012

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Consumer review by: Von Gollum (lenstip.com)

Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical

Nice pics, but hard to master 'cause of manual focus

Sharpness, f 2.8

Manual focus

Apr, 2013

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Consumer review by: Stephan (lenstip.com)

Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC

Distortion can be corrected by post production and is not to worry about while photographing landscape an nature. On my Nikon D7000 the aperture can be controlled by the camera, exif-files and the focus indicator are working well.High value for an...

excellent resolution, suprisingly high build quality for the money i spent

No autofocus, tricky distortion

Dec, 2012

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Consumer review by: Martin (lenstip.com)

Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC

Very good razorsharp lens ate all F stops.Be carefull whit the distortion.,Very low priced,about 8 times cheaper than Canon and Nikkon.

Razor sharp ate all F stops.Good build quality.usefull ate all F stops

No AF.No connection whit the camera aboud the information of the lens.A lot off distortion

Sep, 2011

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Consumer review by: Massimo (lenstip.com)

Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC

A well-built lens with the image quality of much more expensive alternatives. I shoot landscapes so the distortion is no problem for me, and I can always correct for it with PTLens. More importantly, I found out that shooting 4 frames at f/8, when...

Incredible IQ for the price

No electronic coupling with the camera body means no exif info for future reference

Sep, 2010

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