Reviews written by Danilo Simonetti

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Danilo Simonetti
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Samyang AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8

Pros: Focal lengths covered and brightness

Cons: Sharpness too low for my expectations

Opinion: Taken for L-Mount as soon as the price became interesting and fell below 1,000 euros (from almost 1,500 who had placed it). I state that he did not leave the house and I have already started the return procedure, so someone will turn up their noses reading this "review", but honestly it did not convince me. At 35mm and full aperture the sharpness in the center is excellent but the edges I would say no, the central focal lengths seem decent, while at 150mm the sharpness at 2.8 is not the best, it has that fogged halo and you have to act on the contrast to give it back some verve. Compared at 150mm f2.8 with the Panasonic 70-200mm f2.8 at the same focal length there is no history, ditto at 35mm f2.8 with the Sigma 24-70mm f2.8, the Sigma strips it off in terms of general sharpness and center-edge uniformity. There is also another aspect that did not drive me crazy, it has a warm yellowish veil, which I don't have in Panasonic and Sigma. Let's say that I could keep it to do more in-depth tests in the field and not on objects, I would have liked to, but the terms for the return expired and in all honesty I didn't feel like keeping a lens that I would have used little, accustomed to the quality standard of the excellent ones I already have. It has focal lengths that would have been very useful to me on various occasions, but it went badly, if an improved II version comes out I will evaluate it in the future. It's definitely a great lens for portraits, from set to close, in that area I think it's perfect, as I imagine for videos, but I don't do those and I haven't tried it at all in that aspect. I conclude by saying that the Samyang, mounted on L-Mount, does not need the base for the update, it is done directly like the others from the camera body and in fact I brought it from 1.0 to 2.1.

sent on October 12, 2024